MAYAS/AZTECS/INCAS Flashcards
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| 26324482 | terraces | agricultural technique used to farm in the mountains | 0 | |
| 26324483 | Aztec priests | they studied the sky, predicted the future, & ran schools | 1 | |
| 26324484 | Cuzco | the capital of the Inca empire | 2 | |
| 26324485 | Tikal & Chichen Itza | important Mayan cities | 3 | |
| 26324486 | Tenochtitlan | the capital of the Aztec empire | 4 | |
| 26324487 | Yucatan Peninsula & Guatemala | area where the Mayans lived | 5 | |
| 26324488 | Central Mexico | area where the Aztecs lived | 6 | |
| 26324489 | the Andes | mountain range where Incas lived | 7 | |
| 26324490 | pyramids | religious buildings used by Aztecs and Mayans | 8 | |
| 26324491 | Francisco Pizarro | conquered the Incas in 1532 | 9 | |
| 26324492 | Hernan Cortes | conquered the Aztecs in 1521 | 10 | |
| 26324493 | corbel vault | an arch developed by the Mayans | 11 | |
| 26324494 | quipus | knotted strings used by the Incas to count and remember | 12 | |
| 26324495 | trephination | advanced brain surgery developed by the Incas | 13 | |
| 26324496 | causeways & aqueducts | technologies Aztecs needed to build Tenochtitlan on an island | 14 | |
| 26324497 | Olmecs | the civilization that influenced the Mayas | 15 | |
| 26324498 | Post-Classic Maya | when Mayans abandoned their cities & produced few cultural achievements | 16 | |
| 26324499 | messenger relay system | how the Incas controlled their empire and sent messages | 17 | |
| 26324500 | Incas | had no written language | 18 | |
| 26324501 | diseases of the Europeans | the main cause for the decline of the native population in Central Mexico | 19 |