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Soc Studies Chp 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Moved into the Valley of Mexico in 1100 A.D. | Aztec |
| Used floating gardens or chinampas | Aztec |
| Floating gardens | chinampas |
| Cities mysteriously abandoned in 909 A.D. | Maya |
| Tikal is oldest city | Maya |
| Used irrigation for crops due to very hot, dry area | Anazazi |
| Aztec city built to honor sun god | Tenochtitlan |
| surplus of food | This led to civilizations developing |
| Built mounds at first to bury the dead | Mound Builders lived along the Mississippi River |
| invented the number "0" | Maya |
| sacrificed slaves and prisoners | Aztec |
| had advanced writing | Maya |
| huge sheet of ice on Earth's surface | glacier |
| Aztecs forced some prisoners into "this" | slavery |
| complex system of government, culture, ect. | civilization |
| name for the lands the Aztec and Incas took control over | empire |
| much of Earth's water was frozen | Ice Age |
| the way early people survived in Americas before farming | hunting and gathering |
| Built terraces to grow crops on steep hillsides | Incas |
| gained power by conquering people | Aztec and Incas |