Chapter 12 Review

A group of knotted strings used by the Incas to record information

• quipu

• kiva

• census

• maize

The Incan ruler was called ______, or "the emperor."

• Quechua

• Sapa Inca

• Pizarro

• Machu Picchu

An official count of people in a certain place at a certain time

• kiva

• maize

• pueblo

• census

Incan officials kept records on

• Quechua

• quipus

• stone tablets

• bronze plates

A type of corn

• kiva

• quipu

• maize

• Incas

The Incas increased farmland by building

• roads and bridges

• army supply stations

• huge cities on mountainsides

• terrances

A system of writing using signs and symbols

• hieroglyphics

• census

• quipu

• kiva

Mayan civilization declined when they

• were conquered by the Aztecs

• left their cities

• invented the calendar

• stopped sacrificing humans

The dwelling of the Anasazi people

• kiva

• pueblo

• quipu

• terraces

The Aztecs gained a huge empire by

• warring against others

• making treaties

• taking empty land

• trading peacefully