What is the name of the lake where the Aztecs settled, making it the center of their empire?
Lake Texcoco
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What is an aqueduct?
pipe or channel designed to carry water to a distant source; irrigates dry land
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What was the name of the disease that crippled the empires even before the conquistadors took over?
Smallpox
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Which conquistador conquered the Incas?
Francisco Pizarro
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What was one negative feature about the mountains surrounding the Aztecs?
Rain water that drained into the lake was salty, making farming difficult. Flash floods would occur due to rain hitting the steep slopes.
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What was the signal for the Incas to know where to settle?
Inti gave Manco Capac a golden staff that when swallowed by the earth, would indicate the location of Cuzco.
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What was the name of the capital city of the Inca civilization?
Cuzco
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What was one of the ways the Incas modified their mountainous environment to get around?
Built bridges over gorges.
Built roads into the sides of mountains and plateaus.
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What did the Incas use to help grow their crops and stop the soil from washing away?
A terracing system of using walls to flatten the earth then soil was mixed with gravel
to keep the soil from expanding, so it wouldnât push out the wall
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Explain the Inca belief in the afterlife.
They took great care in embalming and mummifying the bodies of the dead. They brought gifts to the dead that they thought the dead could use in the afterlife.
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What was the Priest's role in the Aztec civilization?
The Priests were responsible for making sure that the gods were offered the correct offerings and sacrifices.
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What is the Line of Demarcation?
imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole at 50 degrees longitude used to divide the land to reduce competition.
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What was one positive feature about the mountains surrounding the Aztecs?
Mountains provided security and protected the Aztecs from invaders.
Water would drain from the valley into the lake
