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The main food
& most
important crop
of the Mayas
was corn or ?
What is maize?
The Mayas used
this form of signs
and symbols as
part of their
writing system
What is known
as hieroglyphics?
Two great cities
of the Mayan
Empire?
What are
Copan and
Tikal?
In 1325, Aztecs built
this capitol city, on a
floating island. It is
now known as
Mexico City
What is
Tenochtitlan?
(teh nawch tee tlahn)
Aztecs built a
great civilization
in this area of
Middle America
What is the
Valley of
Mexico?
A knotted string
used by the Incas,
as a method of
keeping records
What is a
quipu?
One of the many great
accomplishments of
the Incas, was this
method of carrying
water over hundreds
of miles to dry land
What is an
aqueduct?
The Incan
civilization was
located on which
coast of South
America?
What is the west
coast or the
Pacific coast?
In order to bring news
of its empire, from
town to town, the
Incan government had
runners and over
2,000 miles of this
What are roads?
Two great
accomplishments
of the Incan
Empire
What are using
aqueducts and
building roads?
The Line of
Demarcation was an
imaginary line which
decided control of
territory of 2
European countries
What are Spain
and Portugal?
When Cortes defeated
the Aztecs, he did not
have as many soldiers,
but he did have other
factors on his side
What are disease,
horses, superior
weapons and
other Native
Americans?
In 1494, the Treaty of
Tordesillas set a Line of
Demarcation to settle
trade rights for Spain, to
its west, and Portugal to
its east. This was in what
L A country?
What is Brazil?
Spain divided its
territory into
provinces. 2 of the
most important
were called?
What are Peru
and
New Spain?
The Spanish not only
brought horses and
superior weapons, they
attacked from within
with this form of
unintentional germ
warfare
What is a variety
of diseases?
As a result of the
Treaty of Tordesillas,
Brazil became a
colony of this
European country
What is Portugal?
Today, the Valley of
Mexico is where this
great empire once
stood
What is the
Aztec Empire?
Describe the
appearance and
purpose of a quipu
A knotted string
used by the Incas,
as a method of
keeping records
A type of
communication used
by Mayan and Aztec
Empires
What are
hieroglyphics?
Copan and Tikal
were cities of this
great empire
What is the
Mayan Empire?
The best way to
complete an essay
answer
What is write a
concluding sentence
which wraps up
your thought?
The Aztecs greatly
outnumbered the
Spanish. However,
they traveled easier
on this animal
What
are horses?
When writing an
essay, before starting a
new idea or sentence,
it is a good idea to do
this.
What is complete
the thought or
sentence that was
started?
The Aztec nation
greatly outnumbered
the Spanish army, but
the Spanish were
superior in this area of
warfare
What was the
use of guns,
cannons and
armor?
True/False
Begin an essay answer
by reversing the
question; making it the
introductory sentence
What is true?