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Latin America

QuestionAnswer
Mita system Required labor system used by Inca's to build their roads
Encomienda system Hierarchy of classes created by the Spanish in the New World that forced natives & slaves into labor
Machu Picchu Incan capital and mountaintop city
Chinampas floating Aztec gardens
Aztecs Mesoamericans who built a large empire and were conquered by Cortez
Hernan Cortez Conquistador and conqueror of the Aztecs
Francisco Pizarro Conquistador and conqueror of the Incas
Mayans Mysteriously disappeared Mesoamericans who used city-states to govern
Quipu Inca system for record keeping and counting
Colombian Exchange the diffusion of goods, animals, plants, and diseases from Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas
Old World Eurasia and Africa
New World The Americas
Polytheism Religious practices which include many Gods
Terrace type of farming where flat lands are cut into hills or mountains
Andes Mountain range where Incas flourished
Mesoamerica Meaning "middle", the land of the Mayans and Aztecs
Christianity The religion that was forced onto the Aztecs & Incas by Europeans
Centralized government Ruling style adopted by the Aztec & Incan Kings
Olmec "Rubber people" of MesoAmerica. Pre-Aztecs
Hydraulic engineering Creating ways to move and store water
Tenochtitlan Capital of the Aztec Empire, their floating city
Created by: rfoster14
 

 



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