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The structures found by archaeologists in Maya cities like Tikal built more than 1000 years ago are made of
Stone
Which of these modern countries is in the area where Maya civilization developed and is home to large numbers of Maya today
Guatemala
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Maya to create permanent settlements
Farming
Maya who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same
Calendar
One skill that the Maya adapted from the Olmecs was a way to
Write by using pictures as symbols
Maya priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests
To foretell the future
Which of these foods would have been new to the Maya when it was introduced from Europe after 1500
Sugar
How was the jaguar important to the Maya
It was important to their religion
What was an important use of the sacred round
To determine when to plant crops
Which agricultural technique did the Maya use to farm in the mountains
Terraces
What was the biggest problem with slash-and-burn agriculture
It wore out the soil
When the cities of the southern lowlands collapsed what took their places
Jungle
A pilgrimage site for Aztecs was the ruins of a city built by the
Teothihuacan
Which description best fits the valley of Mexico where the Aztec Empire arose
Fertile highland
what was one benefit of settling on land surrounded by Lake Texcoco
It was easy to defend
Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his peoples history
so he could tell a different story of their past
Why did the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan build chinampas
to enlarge their land area
At the Great Temple the Aztecs built a shrine to Tlaloc, the rain god. What does this suggest about the Aztecs
They depended on rain for planting
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan need the technologies like aqueducts, dikes, causeway and canals
Because they lived on islands
The Aztec Empire was based on tribute. This means that the people who lived in the empire
paid goods to the Aztec government
which of these facts best shows that war was the center of Aztec life
The men were trained as soldiers
this pattern of events happen with a number of city states: the Aztecs invited them to be an ally. They had 60 days to respond. If they refuse. The Aztecs declared war. Why?
to expand their empire
what weakness in the Aztec Empire did the Spanish take advantage of when they invaded Mexico
because conquered people kept their own customs, the empire lacked unity
Inca Empire stretched about 2500 miles. It did not have a written language. These facts explain why the Incas used
Runners to carry messages
A set of strings tied into knots called a quipu, was an aid for
Remembering information
Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today
Peru and Ecuador
How did the Incas develop the advanced, well-planned cities and elaborate irrigation methods
Adapted them from the Chimus
According to Incan legend the Inca tribe began when the sun gods son
Rose out of Lake Titicaca
The Incas lived for hundreds of years without spreading their civilization. What set off the expansion of their empire
An attack by a neighboring people
What did the Incas create to hold their empire together
A network of roads
Curacas’s are
Local leaders of concurred people
How would an Incan priest most likely use an oracle
To ask advice about the future
When chosen women was 12 years old she would most likely be
Studying in a convent
After the Incas conquered a new area, why were local leaders and their sons brought to Cuzco
To learn Incan law and language
What did the Sapa Inca typically do after a rebellion by a conquered tribe
Replace the local leader
What is the highest Lake and legendary birthplace of the Incas
Lake Titicaca
The Inca reached its peak at the same time of which empire
Aztec
When was the decline of the Mayan empire
900A.D.-1500A.D. Post-classic Maya