Mr. Dowling
Mayas, Aztecs and Incas Review

The following is a list of several achievements of the Mayans, Incas and Aztecs. Determine which civilization the clue is describing.

1. Farmed on terraces carved into steep mountainsides

2. Built cities in southern Mexico and Central America

3. Used human sacrifices to please their gods

4. Created an accurate 365 day calendar and an advanced number system

5. Ruled more than 10 million people living coastal deserts, lowland jungles and high mountains

6. Built their capital on an island in Lake Texcoco

7. Developed many medicines and performed successful brain surgery

8. Connected their vast empire with more than 19,000 miles of roads

9. Abandoned their cities around the year 850

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