Using the lists below, match the economic system with the correct indigenous culture. Column A
Column B
1.
a. Olmec
b. Maya
c. Inca
2.
d. Aztec
3.
This culture traded goods among their many
city-states. They also participated in long
distance trade with other Mesoamerican
cultures using the rivers to travel from city to
city trading goods.
This culture collected tribute, or payment for
protection, from the people they conquered.
Their capital, Tenochtitlan, was a huge center
for trade. They also built roads that allowed
them to trade across Mesoamerica.
This culture was rich in agricultural resources,
but lacked other raw materials. They were the
first to use the rivers to develop an extensive
network for inter-regional trade in
Mesoamerica.
This culture set up an economic system where
trade and the movement of resources were
under the control of the ruling elites. All goods
produced within the empire immediately
became the property of the rulers. The rulers
then redistributed resources across the empire
as they saw fit.