Mayan, Aztec, Incan Empires

________ beans were used as money. This is now what we make chocolate out of.

• Coco

• Cacao

• Maize

• Calpulli

Many Native Americans made their weapons out of volcanic glass known as _________.

• obsidian

• basalt

• rock

• jade

Aztecs used floating gardens in the city of Tenochtitlan, these were called _________.

• calpulli

• chinampas

• quipu

• chasqui

Tenochtitlan was ________.

• a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City

• an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain

• the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered

• a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures

The losers of the Mayan ball games were ________.

• forced into slavery

• killed in a ritual

• exiled from the kingdom

• shunned for a year

The Incan mita system was to

• calculate the movements of the stars.

• collect taxes in the form of physical labor.

• design the beautiful patterns on their fine textiles.

• fit stone blocks together without using mortar.

Incan architects and engineers are famous for building

• thousands of miles of roads to connect the empire.

• stone bridges crossing deep mountain gorges.

• aqueducts to carry water from distant lakes.

• deep mountain wells used to irrigate crops.

A study of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca agricultural systems would show that these civilizations...

• relied on mechanized agricultural techniques

• carried on extensive trade in crops with each other

• relied on a single-crop economy

• adapted to their environments with creative farming techniques

The Aztec calendar and the Maya use of zero both illustrate that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas...

• traded extensively with Africa

• made advances in mathematics and science

• declined because of invasion and disease

• converted to Islam

This structure indicate that ancient pre-Columbian civilizations...

• incorporated early Roman architectural design

• were strongly influenced by Renaissance humanism

• were based on European societies

• had the engineering skill to build complex structures