Native+American+Civilizations

__**Incas**__
//**Where did they live?**// South America //**Who were they?**//
 * **Great Builders**
 * The Inca people created pyramids and other structures despite not having the wheel.
 * The Inca's build thousands of roads and bridges to connect their empire (their empire was over 2500 miles long!
 * **Record Keepers**
 * The Inca people did not write, but used a "quipu" to record numbers and perhaps record history
 * **Clever Farmers**
 * The Inca's cut terraces into the mountainside to gain more farming land

**__Aztecs__**
//**Where did they live?**// Mexico //**Who were they?**//
 * **City Builders**
 * Built a huge city called Tenochtitlan on an island
 * **Careful Record Keepers**
 * The Aztecs used pictograms and made books called codices
 * **Aztecs Love Math**
 * They used their skills to build a complicated, accurate calendar