maya,aztec,and incas Flashcards
study for social studies test
this led to the fall of the inca empire and took place before the spaniards arrived…
the Civil War
what was the name of the inca rulers royal retreat nestled high in the andes mountains…
Machu pichu
maya cities had large stone —blank and —-blank
pyramaids, and temples
what civilization could cut stones so precisly that no cement was needed?
inca
how did the lower class maya pay their rulers?
with salt,clothes,crops,and labor
the two cilvilizations that had a writing system were…
maya and aztecs
a—-blank was a floating garden.
Chinimpas
these were important because they connect all parts of the inca empire?
inca roads.
people that fought against athourity were called..
rebels
other native peoples in the aztec regions resented the aztecs harsh —blank, so they became allies with—blank
rules,hernan cortes
the aztecs capital —blank was built on an island on lake texcoco.
Tenochtitlan
maya villages grew into a large civilization by —blank
trading with each other
the maya and aztec religions belived in this but the incas did not:
human sacrafices
raised roads across water are — blank
causeways
mayas belived that gods needed this in order to prevent disasters or end of the world
blood
