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social studies 6th g
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Machu Picchu | city: historians think it was a religios center |
| Cuzco | capital of the Inca empire |
| Andes | longest chain in the world |
| quipu | used to keep records |
| three ways the inca kept their vast empire together | roads,military,separated people in conq groups,conq rulers remained in power,chain of command |
| Mesoamerica | from the southern half of the Mexico to about the central of Central America |
| Lake Texcoco | where the Mexica/Aztecs settled; built their capital Tenochtitlan |
| cenote | maya yucatan peninsula they are natrual wells and they provide drinking water |
| Chinampa | Aztecs man-made island |
| Codex | maya book that contained history, rituals, predictions |
| Aliiance | agreement to work together |
| Peninsula | land that is almost surrounded by water Yucatan Peninsula Maya |
| Mexica | what the aztecs call themsevles early on |
| Describe the olmec class system | top preist,government middle merchants, craftspeople bottom farmers |
| What was one reason why Moctezuma II didn't put up an argument when he saw Cortes | may thought Cortes was a god |
| which ciliization had a number systen based on 20 | maya |
| why do people think the Olmec may have been the ancestors of the Maya | many things in common |
| name two mayan cities | Tikal Chich'en Itz'a |