The peoples of America: Maya, Aztecs, Incas
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
What was missing in the economy of America’s peoples? Write three things.
Iron, the wheel, the plough; few domesticated animals.
2
Explain the Aztec “floating fields”.
Fields made of fertile mud from the lake bed that gave several harvests a year.
3
Write the importance of the Inca roads and runner service.
They linked the capital with the provinces and carried messages fast.
4
Find Mexico, Yucatan, the Andes and Cusco on a map.
Mexico and Yucatan — Central America; the Andes and Cusco — South America.