| A | B |
|---|
| Definition of "empire" | Many lands or peoples ruled by supreme monarch and created by conquest |
| Location of the Aztec Empire | Valley of Mexico |
| Political organization of the Aztec Empire | Alliance of city-states |
| Emperor of the Aztec | Tlatoani |
| Capital and largest city of the Aztec Empire | Tenochtitlan |
| Paid by smaller city-states to the Aztec capital | Tribute (goods, luxuries, soldiers) |
| Worship of many gods | Polytheism |
| War god and patron deity of Tenochtitlan | Huitzilopochtli |
| How the Aztec and Inca worshiped their gods | Human sacrifice |
| Source of Aztec human sacrifices | War captives |
| Main crop of the Aztecs | Maize/corn |
| Location of the Inca Empire | Andes Mountain |
| Inca sun god | Inti |
| The Inca emperor | Sapa Inca |
| Inca record-keeping system | Quipu (knotted strings) |
| Technologies not used by the Inca | Wheel, written language, money |
| Inca pack animals | Llamas, alpacas |
| Raised as food by the Inca | Guinea pigs |
