Mexica (Aztec) farmers grew crops on chinampas in the shallow water around Tenochtitlan. What was a chinampa?

Inca farmers high in the Andes grew thousands of kinds of one crop that could survive the cold mountain weather. Which crop was it?

Inca officials kept records on quipu, bundles of knotted cords. What did the knots mainly record?

One people of the Americas carved and painted glyphs in a full writing system that could record whole sentences in their own language. Who were they?

The Inca built thousands of miles of road through mountains, deserts, and high passes. What was the road system mainly for?

Messages traveled the Inca roads by chaski, trained runners. How did the chaski move messages so fast?

Inca engineers crossed deep river canyons on hanging bridges. What were the thick cables of those bridges made from?

Tenochtitlan stood on an island in Lake Texcoco. How did people travel between the city and the mainland on foot?

The lake water around Tenochtitlan was often salty. How did the Mexica bring fresh water into their capital?

The Maya built many cities, among them Tikal and Palenque. How were those cities governed?

High on a ridge in the Andes, the Inca built a stone royal estate that became world famous after 1911. What is it called?

Maya astronomers watched the sun, the moon, and Venus for many years and wrote down their cycles. What did they mainly use those records for?

The Maya ran a 260-day count alongside a second calendar that tracked the farming year. How many days were in that second calendar?

Maya builders raised tall stepped pyramids of cut stone at cities such as Tikal. What stood at the top of these pyramids?

Andean farmers made chuno by leaving potatoes out to freeze at night and dry in the sun by day. Why did this matter to the Inca empire?

Mexica scribes recorded tribute and history in folding books of bark paper, using pictures and symbols. What are those books called?

Maya people and Mayan languages are still part of daily life in the Americas. Where do most Maya people live today?

Quechua, the main language of the Inca empire, is spoken by millions of people today. Where do most Quechua speakers live?

Maya mathematicians wrote numbers using dots and bars, plus one more symbol for a place with no value at all. What shape was that symbol?

The Inca government required each community to send workers for a set period every year to build roads, terraces, and storehouses for the empire. What was this yearly labor duty called?

Which geographic region was home to the Maya and Aztec civilizations?

Which civilization built a large empire in the Andes Mountains of South America?

True or False: Complex societies often have cities, organized governments, and specialized jobs.

What farming method helped the Inca grow crops on steep mountain slopes?

Aztec and Maya players struck a heavy rubber ball across long stone courts. Which part of the body did players mainly use to hit the ball?

Which city was the capital of the Aztec Empire?

Which city was the capital of the Inca Empire?

The Inca are especially known for developing which achievement?

True or False: Inca officials wrote their records in folding books of bark paper.

The Inca Empire was ruled by one emperor, who people believed was a son of the sun god. What was this ruler called?

About when were great Maya cities such as Tikal at their height?

What role did religion play in Maya, Aztec, and Inca societies?

What does specialization of labor mean in a complex society?

True or False: The environments of Mesoamerica and the Andes influenced how people farmed and built their societies.

Which crop was especially important in many Mesoamerican societies?

Which animal was important to Andean societies for carrying goods and providing wool?

What is one reason trade was important in Mesoamerican societies?

Maya and Aztec traders carried the beans of one plant so widely that people also used the beans as money. Which plant was it?

What did the Aztec Empire require from many of the peoples it conquered?

Which statement is the best comparison of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations?