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*Floating gardens
*Used by the Aztecs
*shows how the Aztecs adapted to their enviroment |
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*Used by the Incas
* Farming within the mountain
*Shows how the Incas adapted to their environment |
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1. Polytheistic
2. Compared to Greece
3. Had advanced city states
4. Grew/ate maize, squash and beans
5 believed in sacrifice (mostly animal)
6. Had their own number system
7. Used a form of hieroglyphs |
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1. Polytheistic
2. Had 128 deities including sun god, corn god, rain god etc.
3. Believed in human sacrifice for the gods
4. had a powerful army
5. At their peak they were ruled by Montezuma who was killed by Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez |
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1. Located in the Andes Mountains and the rain forest
2. Used Quipa to keep records
3. Used terrace farming
4. Peru was taken over by the Spanish
5. Created major road systems like Rome |
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| A set of knotted strings that could record census, harvest size, dates and other data. |
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| Spanish conquistador that claimed many areas in Mesoamerica for Spain during the conquest |
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