The Americas 400-1500 A.D.

Tenochtitlan

Aztec capital

Cuzco

Capital of the Incan empire

Cahokia

Ceremonial center of the Mississippian culture

Teotihuacan

City that dominated the valley of Mexico from A.D. 100-A.D. 750

The chosen Women

Made the elaborate clothing worn by the saps inca

Serve the Sun God

The Incan chosen women were trained to

Andes Mountains

The Incan empire included the

Armies and News to move more rapidly throughout the empire

The Incan road system was built primarily for the purpose of allowing

Asia

The earliest people who migrated to the Americas came from

Mexican Gulf Coast

The first American civilization emerged along the

The Incas

United their empire with a road system the extended more than 12,000 miles

Each city had its own religious chief

Described the Mayan government

Tikal

Largest Mayan city

Cahokia temple Mound

Reflects the influence of middle American civilizations on North America

Hold religious ceremonies at the correct moment

Maya's developed an accurate solar calendar so they could

Environments in which they lived

Native Americans in North America developed different cultures that were influenced by the

Enlisted the Incan army

Peoples conquered by the Incas were

Bering Straight

The first people who migrated to North America came by way of a land bridge across present day

Incas

This civilization ruled the area that included the Andes Mountains