Aztec capital city (now the site of Mexico City)

Aztec floating gardens that provided food for Tenochtitlan

cutting of "steps" into the mountains that allowed for more agriculture for the mountainous Incan Empire

independent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler

The capital city of the Inca Empire, Located in present-day Peru

An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.

In Incan society, a small community or family group whose members worked together for the common good of the peoples.

Abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural genius of the Inca

created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.