Chapter 2 Mayas vocab words Flashcards
An advanced state of Human society, in which a high level of government, social structure, religion, technology, and agriculture practices have been reached.
Civilizations
A culture region centered around southern Mexico in which a number of early American civilizations developed.
Mesoamerica
the belief in or worship of more than one god
Polytheistic
a self-governing region consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
City-state
to closely watch the stars to keep track of the yearly patterns such as seasons
Astronomy
solar calendars, sacred calendars, and “long count”, which was supposed to mark the date since the beginning of time
Calendars
The Maya system of ______________ includes approximately 800 different symbols, or pictographs
Hieroglyphics
a group of countries or region controlled by one ruler
Empire
are high flat areas
Plateaus
to preserve a body by embalming it and rapping it in cloth
Mummified
A government is ruled by a powerful ______________
Emperor
The only Inca
Sapa Inca
More than one family in it, but they lived and worked together
Allyus
a flat, level of land carved into a slope
Terrace
a human-made channel across land that moves water from it’s source to where it’s needed for growing crops
Irrigation canals
a vehicle consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by people or animals
Litters
a channel or canal made for moving water across land
Aqueducts
holds thousands of homes
Technochtitlan
_____________________ was the 9th and last true emperor of the ancient Aztec civilization
Montezuma II
expand their food supply in a way that kept their “farms” nearby where they could be easily tended
Chinampas
homes made from logs or clay bricks called ____________.
Adobe
a raised road way across a swamp or a body of water
Causeways
a widespread outbreak of a contagious disease
Epidemic
planting one crop, harvesting it, and then immediately planting another crop
Multicropping
