Meso America

Aztec Emperor

• Machu Picchu

• Moctezuma II

• Pachacuti

• Hernan Cortes

Incan Emperor

• Machu Picchu

• Moctezuma II

• Pachacuti

• Hernan Cortes

a clay used for building

• adobe

• terraces

• totem poles

• chinampas

pictures that represent words or symbols

• shaman

• terraces

• glyphs

• chinampas

Spanish conquerors

• communal

• serfs

• nobles

• conquistadors

a civilization that greatly influences other civilizations

• mother culture

• maize

• glyphs

• terraces

beans used to make chocolate

• mother culture

• maize

• cacao

• terraces

corn

• mother culture

• maize

• cacao

• chinampas

stepped platforms built into the mountainside

• adobe

• terraces

• glyphs

• chinampas

The Maya were well known for their -

• knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.

• many conquests and warlike culture.

• part in the Atlantic slave trade.

• inability to keep written records.