After the Triple Alliance defeated a town, what arrangement most often kept tribute flowing to Tenochtitlan?

A Mexica scribe drawing a province's cloth, shields, cacao, and feather totals was recording what for the state?

Which Aztec official's job best fits supervising the delivery of tribute from a province to imperial storehouses?

Which three city-states formed the alliance that built the Mexica empire after defeating Azcapotzalco?

Which group of Mexica merchants could trade over long distances and sometimes gather information useful for conquest?

Mexica armies sometimes fought agreed battles with nearby enemies such as Tlaxcala. What was a central purpose of these flower wars?

The two shrines at the top of Tenochtitlan's Templo Mayor honored which pair of deities?

If Mexica priests wanted divine help for rain and agricultural fertility, which deity would be most directly addressed?

A rack in the sacred precinct displayed skulls of sacrificed captives. Which Mexica ritual structure was it?

Tenochtitlan sat in a salty lake, but its fresh springs were on the mainland at Chapultepec. What carried drinking water into the city?

The island city needed more farmland in shallow lake water. Which Aztec technique created productive plots for crops?

Raised roads linked Tenochtitlan to the mainland and could include openings or removable bridges. What were these structures?

Which Aztec hydraulic work helped control flooding and separate fresher western waters from salty Lake Texcoco water?

Cuzco controlled some conquered provinces by moving loyal settlers in and moving some local people out. What were these transplanted people called?

Instead of collecting coin taxes, the Inca state required households to provide a turn of work each year. What was this obligation?

When the Inca ruled through a local community chief who already had authority, what was that leader called?

The Inca name Tawantinsuyu referred to an empire organized around what idea?

Inca officials sorted households into ranked groups, each with its own leader, to assign labor duties quickly. How were these groups sized?

Officials in Cuzco tracked stored maize and labor duties without alphabetic writing. Which tool recorded numbers with cords and knots?

An official message moving along the Inca road passed from runner to runner at short intervals. Who carried it?

A state traveler on the Inca road needed a place to rest and draw provisions from storage. Which structure served that role?

Which Inca engineering network linked Cusco with the four suyus and was reserved mainly for state business?

On steep Andean slopes, what Inca construction created level fields, slowed erosion, and helped manage water?

The ruling Inca house claimed descent from which deity?

Cusco's most sacred temple complex, known for its gold-covered walls and solar worship, was which site?

Dead Sapa Incas could be preserved, attended, and brought out at ceremonies. What were these royal mummies called?

Which pairing correctly compares the main obligations each empire demanded from conquered peoples?

Which pairing best matches each capital with the engineering problem it faced?

A conquered town keeps its ruler but sends cotton and cacao to a lake capital; another province sends workers for roads and fields. Which comparison fits?

Which comparison of record keeping is accurate?