Mesoamerica

The Inca used this farming method which allowed them to farm on the steep mountainsides

• Crop rotation

• Terrace farming

• Drip irrigation

• Permanent crops

What was the main purpose of Aztec warriors in battle?

• To kill the enemy

• Capture prisoners for sacrifice

• Conquer new territory

• Steal gold

The Incan Empire was linked together by -

• rivers

• qanats

• roads

• canals

Maya = Maize = ____________

• Squash
• Fruit Punch
• Corn
• Beans

*terrace farming
* quipu (knots on strings)
* road system
* Machu Piccu

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca

What group of people did the giant stone heads belong to?

• Mexica

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

Which peninsula were the advanced agriculturists and city-states located?

• Yucatan

• Peru

• Machu Pichu

• California

Many historians believe that people first came to the Americas by crossing the ________.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Bering Strait

• Rocky Mountains

Which kingdom was the biggest in the Americas, based in the Andes Mountains of Peru?

• the Olmec

• the Inca

• the Maya

• the Aztec

The Maya believed that

• kings were descendants of the sun god

• their kings should be worshipped as living gods.

• priests and nobles should not mix together.

• human sacrifice was forbidden by the gods.