Mesoamerica Review

TRUE OR FALSE: Francisco Pizzaro was a Spanish conquistador that led a mission to conquer the Inca empire.

• True

• False

What is the photo of?

• An Inca Ruler

• Olmec Stone Heads

• An Aztec Fountain

• Mayan Ball Game Mascot

Stepped platforms built into the mountainside, provided additional area for building and agriculture

• Hills

• Aqueducts

• Terraces

Symbolic pictures used by the Maya to represent words, syllables, and sounds that could be combined into complex sentences

• Codex

• Conquistadors

• Glyphs

• Haikus

A form of agriculture where forests are cut down and burned in order to make room for crops

• Terrace Farming

• Slash and Burn Farming

• Codex

Mesoamerica's first civilization that left many contributions, included large stone heads

• Maya

• Inca

• Olmec

• Aztec

Mesoamerican civilization that settled and created their empire in Central Mexico.

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

Main crop grown in the highlands, also known as corn

• Squash

• Maize

• Olmec

• Frijole

The Olmec People "The Mother Culture" are also referred to as ____________________.

• The Imposters

• The Rubber People

• The OG's

Folded book made of tree-bark used by Maya scribes and writers

• Glyphs

• Graphite

• Codex