Unit 7 Vocab Quiz - Mesoamerica & South America

a cereal crop similar to corn

• quipu
• maize
• serf
• cacao

Tags

ss.6.w.2.10

peasants who worked that lands owned by the elites

• terraces
• maize
• serf
• codex

Tropical plant with berries that were used to make cocoa (chocolate)

• maize
• glyphs
• cacao
• communal

Living and social structures that emphasize collective effort and shared resources

• communal
• codex
• conquistador
• glyph

Incan system of communication and record-keeping that used colored ropes and knots

• chinampas
• codex
• serf
• quipu

similar to steps, used for growing crops on hillsides

• chinampas
• terraces
• glyphs
• codex

Spanish explorers and conquerors

• terrace
• glyphs
• conquistador
• cacao

symbols and characters used in writing

• glyphs
• maize
• serfs
• conquistador

Manuscript books written by the Mayans

• maize
• cacao
• codex
• serfs

artificial floating islands used by Aztecs to grow crops in lakes

• chinampas

• codex

• serf

• cacao