Chapter 4 Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
Q
mayan empire
A
low-lying jungles
pocatoc
counting system & zero
chocolate & basketball
2
Q
aztec empire
A
mountainous highlands
Hernan Cortes
Montezuma - Kidnapped by Cortes and then killed by his own people
beautiful & elegant
floating gardens
human sacrifices
omen had rights
dentistry
God - Quetzalcoatl - corn, art, science, calendar
3
Q
inca empire
A
Mit’a system - 90 days
Capital Cuzco; Andes Mountains
Ruler - Atahualpa - Francisco Pizzaro kidnapped and forced him to convert to Christianity before killing him
famring on mountain sides
hamsters only eaten on festival days
