Maya, Aztecs, & Inca Vocabulary

3. writing that uses pictures as symbols
5. a Mesoamerican people who built an empire in central Mexico that flourished from 1428 to 1519 C.E.
6. a solid earthen roadway built across water or low ground
8. a large plaza in a city center, surrounded by temples and palaces, where religious rituals and other public ceremonies took place
10. the people of an important Mesoamerican civilization that lasted from about 2000 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E.
11. a gift of an animal for slaughter to honor the gods
12. a set of actions that is always performed the same way as part of a religious ceremony
13. the region extending from modern Mexico through Central America

1. an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Incan society.
2. the capital city of the Aztec Empire
4. a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops
7. people of a culture in the Andes Mountains of South America that arose in the 1400s C.E. and lasted until 1532 CE
9. a public square or open area in a city where people gather