Mayas, Aztecs, & Incas - Final Review - Quarter 2

The Aztec macahuitl, and other weapons, were created out of the volcanic glass called __________.

• quipu

• obsidian

The process of cutting down trees, setting fire to remaining plants, and using ashes to provide nutrients to the soil for use of planting food crops.

• slash and burn agriculture

• terrace farming

A method of growing crops on the sides of mountains.

• slash and burn agriculture

• terrace farming

a cord with smaller different colored cards knotted and used for calculating and recording formation. - Used by the Incas

• codex

• quipu

Which word means belief in many gods?

• polytheistic

• Indigenous

_______________ is a word that describes the first people who lived in a place.

• polytheistic

• Indigenous

"floating gardens" small, stationary, artificial island built on a lake for agricultural purposes. From the Aztecs

• quipu

• chinampa

book or pages held together used by early Mesoamerican civilization, especially Mayans, to record historical and important events.

• codex

• chinampa

An independent government where a large city rules the surrounding area is called _____________.

• city state

• regional state

_____ was type of corn that was a staple food in Mesoamerica. They even celebrated a god dedicated to the type of corn.

• maize

• flint