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Mesoamerica Vocab

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Aztecs *(1200-1521) Around 1300 settled in the valley of Mexico. Defeated by the Spanish (Hernan Cortes).
Ball Court used for games and held deep religious significance
causeway A raised road built across water or low ground
Chinampa A floating garden on which the Aztec grew crops
cocao beans Bean used in making chocolate , discovered by the Mayans.
Conquistador A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
Hieroglyphs pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
human sacrifice a person who is killed as part of a religious ritual, each of the Mesoamerican tribes did this
Inca A Native American civilization in western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries located in the Andes Mountains. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.
Machu Picchu, Peru This "city in the clouds" was built 8,000 feet above sea level in the 15th century by Incan emperor Pachacutec. Abandoned by the Incas, the city remained unknown until it was rediscovered by an explorer in 1911.
Maize corn
Mayans A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements included math, architecture and a 365 day calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries CE.
Olmec civilization earliest known American civilization, located in southern Mexico and known for its pyramids and huge stone heads
Pyramid temples Huge ___ were built in the center of most Maya cities in order to honor their gods.
Quipu An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information, to count, keep records, and track crops.
Smallpox disease brought by the Spanish to the Americas
Terrace Farming (Incas) Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside. Enabled the Inca of Mesoamerica to grow enough food for their large populations.
Yucatan Peninsula An area of land in Central America where the Mayan civilization settled.
Aztecs *(1200-1521) Around 1300 settled in the valley of Mexico. Defeated by the Spanish (Hernan Cortes).
Ball Court used for games and held deep religious significance
causeway A raised road built across water or low ground
Chinampa A floating garden on which the Aztec grew crops
cocao beans Bean used in making chocolate , discovered by the Mayans.
Conquistador A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
Hieroglyphs pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
human sacrifice a person who is killed as part of a religious ritual, each of the Mesoamerican tribes did this
Inca A Native American civilization in western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries located in the Andes Mountains. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.
Machu Picchu, Peru This "city in the clouds" was built 8,000 feet above sea level in the 15th century by Incan emperor Pachacutec. Abandoned by the Incas, the city remained unknown until it was rediscovered by an explorer in 1911.
Maize corn
Mayans A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements included math, architecture and a 365 day calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries CE.
Olmec civilization earliest known American civilization, located in southern Mexico and known for its pyramids and huge stone heads
Pyramid temples Huge ___ were built in the center of most Maya cities in order to honor their gods.
Quipu An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information, to count, keep records, and track crops.
Smallpox disease brought by the Spanish to the Americas
Terrace Farming (Incas) Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside. Enabled the Inca of Mesoamerica to grow enough food for their large populations.
Yucatan Peninsula An area of land in Central America where the Mayan civilization settled.
Mesoamerica A geographic region in the western hemisphere that was home of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations in modern day Mexico and Central America
Andes Mountains the world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
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