| A | B |
|---|
| civilization | advanced culture |
| hieroglyphics | system of writing that uses pictures |
| causeway | raised road |
| chinampas | Aztec floating garden |
| absolute power | a ruler having total authority |
| terrace | land shaped like wide steps for farming; Incas |
| aqueduct | a channel for carrying water |
| surplus | extra crops |
| Maya | lived in Mexico & Central America, complex societies |
| Aztec | Central America; powerful, farmers, worshiped the sun god |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital city, on an island |
| Inca | west coast of South America, farmed mountains, highly advanced, worshipped sun god |
| Cuzco | Incan capital in the Andes Mountains |
