MIA Study Guide Flashcards
What crops did the MIAs grow?
Main crop was corn but they grew many others like avocados, tomatoes, potatoes, chili peppers, squash, squash peppers, cocoa, quinoa, cucumbers, and cooked vegetables
What are famous cities in the MIAs land?
Tenochtitlan (was built on a lake), Machu Picchu, and Chitchen Itza
What are quipo?
lots of string tied on a a piece of string that the Incas used to keep important events on
What were famous leaders for the MIAs?
Sapa Inca and Montezuma II
What were the MIAs written language?
Hieroglyphics, Mayan Mathematics, and Quipo
What were the MIAs technologies?
Astronomy, calendars, hieroglyphics, mathematics, terrace farming, chinampas, causeways, metalworking, medical care, and pottery.
Who created the religious ball game ceremony?
Mayas
What were the MIAs agricultural practices?
Slash-and-burn, terrace farming, and chinampas
Characteristics for the MIAs
Located in the Americas, main crop was vegetables, all thought that priests should be in the upper class to keep the gods happy, and polytheistic
How did their location lead them into success?
Maya- volcanic soil helped its crops grow healthy
Inca- territory was in the mountains which meant that they could have the right climate for the crops that they grew
Aztec- location protected them from enemy attacks and they built their city on a lake so they had water access
MIAs- everything that let them farm
What did the European Conquistadors find when they landed in the Americas?
Lots of different complex civilizations
