Maya, Aztec, Inca

What is culture? 

• A shared way of life
• The spread of ideas
• a short well known expression 
• a custom prohibiting or restricting a practice 

Which ancient empire was located in the Yucatan Peninsula?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Anasazi

Which ancient empire was located along the west coast of South America?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Anasazi

To increase the land available for farming, the Aztecs built __________.

• bigger farms
• chinampas
• plows
• pyramids

A device used by the Inca to record information. The Inca used llama wool to create a string with colored knots that symbolized things like blood, old, farming, etc.

• codex

• quipu

• glyphs

• pok-tok

The Aztecs built _____________ for land to farm.

• chinampas.

• dikes.

• aqueducts.

• basins.

The Maya writing system was _____________.

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Demotic

The quipu was made from

• thin sheets of gold.

• woven sheets of cloth.

• stone calendars.

• knotted pieces of string.

What does the term "mesoamerican" mean?

• Middle Passage
• Middle America, between North and South America
• Middle America, including states like Texas and Oklahoma
• Messy America

Where were the Maya located?

• A

• B

• C