Americas Flashcards
The Aztecs settled in a
Arid valley in Central Mexico
Aztecs slowly built
Tenochtitlan
The Aztec economy was based off of?
agriculture
The Aztecs did what style of farming?
chinampa farming
Aztecs were..
polytheistic
Aztecs performed?
ritual ceremonies
Aztecs contributions?
could set broken bones, treat dental cavities
The Incans settled in
Andes mountains of South America
Incans was founded by
Pachacuti
Who held absolute power in the Incan government
Pachacuti
Incans were?
polytheistic
Incan roads??
- allowed speedy military movement
- better than Romans’s system of roads
- messages + news passed from runner to runner
- hundreds of bridges and tunnels
- ordinary people are forbidden on roads
Machu Picchu means?
manly peak
Machu Pichus’s economy was built on a?
high altitude agriculture
(terraced farming)
Incan contributions?
Medicine-
first to operate on the brain.
first to use antiseptics and ansethias
Quipi?
colored strings + knots used to record info
What happened to the Incas?
Fransicio Pizarro (from spain invades)
-steals 100 million of gold + silver
-murders emperor
-Controls Incan Empire until 1534