Ancient civilizations mayan Incas
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- which is common to both the ancient mayan and ancient aztec civilizations
- they both studied astronomy
- location of mayans
- central america and southern mexico
- location of aztecs
- valley of mexico and lake texcoco
- The main food of the mayas was
- maize
- Which best describes the canal and aqueduct system of the ancient Incas
- It carried water to distant dry areas
- main city(ies) of mayans
- Copan and Tikal
- aztec doctors made more than 1,000 medicines from
- plants
- Incan officials counted people in the empire so they could be_____
- taxed
- he expanded the Incan empire until it was about 2,500 miles long
- Topa Inca
- The main god of the Incas was Inti, the___god.
- sun
- a ruler of the Incas called he who shakes the earth
- pachacuti
- Today many people of Incan descent live in
- Peru
- In the 1500s the Incas were conquered by the_______
- spanish
- tax paid to aztec conquerors
- tribute
- The 12 million people ruled by the Incas lived mostly in
- small villages
- Which statement is true of the religion of the Incas
- the Incas worshipped many gods
- which is not one of the benefits of the Incan road system
- The roads tranpsported water
- today most people of mayan descent live in
- central america and mexico
- Descendants of the Incas still speak the Incan language called_______
- quechua
- an ancient aztec city
- tenochtitlan
- which statement about mayan and modern cultures is true
- people eat maize
- knotted strings used for keeping records
- quipu
- an Incan city in the Andes
- Cuzco
- main achievements of aztecs
- hieroglyphics,medicines,studied stars and planets,designedjewlery.
- which is considered major accomplshment of the aztecs
- they built a city with floating gardens
- peak years of aztecs
- a.d. 1100s-late 1400s
- The Incan empire stretched from ecuador south along the_______ coast
- pacific
- the mayas wrote using signs and symbols called
- hieroglyphics
- home of ancient mayan civilization
- central america
- An extensive system of_____helped the Incas govern their vast empire
- roads
- peak years of mayan
- a.d. 300-900
- main achievements of mayans
- built pyramids,studied stars and planets,calendar,hieroglyphics,number system.
- main city(ies) of aztecs
- tenochtitlan
- a pipe or channel that carries water
- aqueduct