Mesoamerica voc

The Aztecs created floating gardens for farming called -

• olmecs

• chinampas

• Zapotecs

• Yucatans

The Maya used Glyphs to

• ... build hip muscle so they would be better at the ball game.

• ... fight back at the conquistadors.

• ... represent words, syllables, and sounds as part of a complex system of writing.

• Develop a Map of Tenochtitlan

A farming method often used in a jungle; involves cutting down plants and trees and burning them to make fertile farmland

• Slash-and-burn
• Terraces
• Irrigation
• Maize

natural glass that forms when volcanic lava cools quickly

• chinampas

• glyphs

• pok-a-tok

• obsidian

A protective wall that controls or holds back water

• Silk Road

• Loess

• Dike

• Sima Qian

A government where a king holds complete control without any checks or balances to his power

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

• direct democracy

What is a quetzal?

• The Mayan form of currency

• The Mayan word for "tax"

• A colorful pattern to help keep records

• A colorful tropical bird

What is a drought?

• excess flow of water flow over land

• An abnormally low precipitation in a place over time.

• Continuous rainfall

• Falling of water droplets from the sky

The picture to the left shows a

• library

• telescope

• observatory

• space center

Area of land drained by a given river and it branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation

• bay

• basin

• gulf

• hill