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  • What were canals used for?
    Transportation and irrigation
  • Which pre-columbian society used a hieroglyphic writing system?
    The Mayan
  • What is a chinampa?
    A floating garden in the lagoon
  • What pre-Colombian society’s capital was Tenochtitlán?
    The Aztec
  • What ancient civilization was in the fertile valley of modern day Mexico?
    Aztec
  • Who was at the top of the social system of pre-Colombian societies?
    The emperor
  • What is the name for the civilizations that existed before the Spanish arrived?
    Pre-columbian
  • Who is the middle class of pre-Colombian societies?
    Artisans/ peasants
  • What is the word for extracting metals and minerals from the Earth?
    Mining
  • Who is the lowest class of pre-Colombian societies?
    Slaves
  • What ancient civilization was in the Andes Mountains?
    Inca
  • What is an alloy? Hint: it has to do metals
    A mixture of 2 or more pure metals to make a stronger metal. Example: copper and tin makes bronze
  • Cuzco was the great city of what civilization
    The Incas
  • What is irrigation?
    Use of canals and complex watering systems to grow crops
  • Who is second from the top of pre-Colombian societies?
    Warrior nobility, temple priests, state officials
  • What ancient civilization was in the southern Yucatán peninsula?
    Mayan
  • Pre-Colombian societies has an extensive knowledge of… ?
    Mathematics and astronomy
  • Name 3 products that came from the New World:
    Corn, tomato, pumpkin, tomato, cocoa, cotton
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