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Maya Aztec and Inca
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7th Grade
11/18/2009

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Term
Glyphs
Definition
Another word for picture writing
Term
Maya and Aztec
Definition
The two cultures that had a system of writing
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Theory
Definition
Educated Guess based on facts
Term
Causeway
Definition
Another word for an Aztec road
Term
3
Definition
How many causeways did the Aztecs have?
Term
Codex
Definition
Word for book
Term
There are 3 Mayan books. The rest were burned because the Spanish thought they were evil.
Definition
How many Mayan books are there today? What happened to the rest? Why?
Term
Terraces
Definition
These are the stair steps carved into the mountains.
Term
Quipus
Definition
This is the counting cord or string used by the Incas?
Term
Counting string or cord used by the Inca.
Definition
What is a quipu?
Term
Many different kinds?
Definition
What is a variety?
Term
Chunu
Definition
These are the preserved, freeze-dried potatoes used by the Incas?
Term
Chaca
Definition
Inca word for bridge
Term
3
Definition
How many types of bridges did the Inca have?
Term
Coya
Definition
The Inca wife and sister
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Litter
Definition
The Inca's chair that was made of gold
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Borla
Definition
Inca's crown
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Chinampas
Definition
Floating islands in the middle of a swamp
Term
Tlachtli
Definition
Most popular Aztec game
Term
Trade
Definition
What does it mean to barter?
Term
Aztecs
Definition
Who used the barter system?
Term
School
Definition
What is a telpuchalli?
Term
To run away or go back
Definition
What does it mean to retreat?
Term
To survive the cold
Definition
What does it mean to resist the frost?
Term
Tikal
Definition
What was the largest Mayan city?
Term
Definition
What number did the Mayan invent?
Term
20
Definition
What number base did Mayans count by?
Term
10
Definition
What number did the Inca count by?
Term
2
Definition
How many calendars did the Mayans have?
Term
D= Dams I= Irrigation R= Reservoirs

T= Terraces
Definition
The Mayans used DIRT to solve water problems. What is DIRT?
Term
1) Natural Disaster
2) Farming or Agriculture problems
3) Poor peasants attack the rich
4) Outside invaders
Definition
What are 2 theories about what happened to the Maya?
Term
Cuzco
Definition
What was the Inca capital?
Term
Tenochtitlan
Definition
What was the Aztec capital?
Term
South America
Definition
What continent were the Inca on?
Term
Mexico
Definition
What present day country is where the Maya and Aztec lived?
Term
Mountains
Definition
What landform did the Inca have to build on?
Term
TWF T= Transportation W= Wool and

F= Food
Definition
What 3 things did the llama provide the Incas?
Term
Potato
Definition
What was the most important food for the Inca?
Term
1) It could grow high in the mountains.
2) It could resist the frost.
Definition
What are 2 reasons the potato was a good crop to grow?
Term
40 kinds
Definition
How many varieties of potato did the Inca grow?
Term
Men = Dug the hole
Women = Dropped in the seeds
Children = Scared the animals
Definition
How did the Inca farm as a family?
Term
Pointed Stick
Definition
What tool did all the cultures use to plant?
Term
C = Canals
A = Aqueducts
T = Terraces
Definition
The Inca used CAT to solve their water problems. What is CAT?
Term
The government
Definition
Who owned Inca roads?
Term
The Inca
Definition
Who was the leader of the Inca?
Term
Inca had many wives including his sister. Inca had over 100 children
Definition
What do we know about the Inca's family?
(Wife and children)
Term
1) He only ate off of gold plates
2) He only wore his clothes once
3) His was carried on a gold litter or chair.
4) Every Inca got a new palace.
5) His palace was made of gold
Definition
What are 3 ways we know that the Inca was a big spender?
Term
200,000 people
Definition
What was the population of Tenochtitlan?
Term
Swampy
Definition
What was the land like in Tenochtitlan?
Term
Aztecs built chinampas. Chinampas were floating islands or gardens. They were made by piling up mud.
Definition
What did the Aztecs build to farm in Tenochtitlan? Describe these.
Term
They were sacrificed.
Definition
What happened to the losers in tlachtli?
Term
A snake
Definition
In tlachtli, what was the basket decorated as?
Term
I
Definition
In tlachtli, what shape was the ball court?
Term
1) Put the ball through the hoop.
2) If the other team drops the ball.
Definition
In tlachtli, what were 2 ways teams could score points?
Term
Corn or maize
Definition
What the main crop of the Aztecs?
Term
1) On men's backs
2) In canoes
Definition
How did the Aztecs transport their crops (2 ways)?
Term
1) Walkers or pedestrians
2) LLamas
Definition
What was allowed on Inca roads?
Term
Wheeled vehicles
Definition
What was not allowed on both Aztec and Inca roads?
Term
Captives and tribute
Definition
What did the Aztecs want to get from battle?
Term
First tribe to retreat or run away
Definition
Who was the loser in Aztec battles?
Term
Mayan and Aztec
Definition
What 2 cultures used slash and burn farming?
Term
Slash means cut the trees and let them dry.
Definition
What is the slash in slash and burn farming?
Term
Burn the trees and use the ashes as fertilizer.
Definition
What is the burn in slash and burn farming?
Term
It wore out the soil so that the soil could not be used for another 2-3 years.
Definition
What is the problem with slash and burn farming?
Term
Inca
Definition
Which culture used the freeze-dried process?
Term
Take the potatoes and leave them out to freeze. Then step on the potatoes to get water out.
Definition
What is the freeze in the freeze-dried process?
Term
The Incas leave the potatoes outside to dry?
Definition
What is the dry in freeze-dried process?
Term
They could last for years without spoiling.
Definition
What is the benefit of chunu?
Term
False
Definition
True or False - The Inca used the barter system to trade because they had to carry food on their backs.
Term
True
Definition
True or False - The Maya were one of the first to use the number zero.
Term
False
Definition
True or False - The Aztec and Maya both lived in South America.
Term
False
Definition
True or False - The Inca developed a system of writing using glyphs.
Term
They built terraces.
Definition
How did the Incas farm in the mountains?
Term
Farming
Definition
What is another word for agriculture?
Term
Andes Mountains
Definition
The Inca lived in this landform
Term
Hunting
Definition
How did the first people find food?
Term
longer than the Inca
Definition
No one could have ears....
Term
Follow him and eat the hairs that fell from him.
Definition
The Inca had 1 woman whose job was to?
Term
They were worn once and then burned.
Definition
What happened to the Inca's clothes?
Term
Llama
Definition
What animal did the Inca sacrifice every month?
Term
Guinea Pig
Definition
If you were a poor Inca, what could you sacrifice instead of a llama?
Term
12 million people
Definition
How many people lived in the Inca empire?
Term
The Inca
Definition
Who was at the top of the Inca culture?
Term
The ordinary people
Definition
Who was at the bottom of the Inca society?
Term
Sun God
Definition
The Inca believed that the Inca was also the (blank) god?
Term
Die
Definition
The Inca believed that the Inca could never what?
Term
Made him a mummy
Definition
Since the Inca people believed that the Inca could not die, they did what when the Inca died?
Term
A walker
Definition
What is a pedestrian?
Term
13
Definition
At what age did the Aztecs go to school?
Term
The boys learned about warfare, how to hunt and fish. The girls learned about household things like how to sew, cook.
Definition
What did the boys learn at the school? What did the girls learn?
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