Match the following maya, aztec, and inca inventions to the effects they produced. tiles rope bridges pyramid at chichen itza chinampas pairs the aztec farm more productively arrowboth the inca travel long distances and communicate with their neighbors a the maya view astronomical phenomena such as eclipses with the naked eye

helped the Aztec farm more productive - chinampas

helped the Inca travel long distances and communicate with their neighbors - rope bridges

helped the Maya view astronomical phenomena such as eclipses with the naked eye - pyramaid at Chichen Itza

Rope bridges: Helped the Inca travel long distances and communicate with their neighbors. The Inca were masters of the use of fiber as a material to solve their problems and one of their more renowned creations is the rope bridge. They were able to create incredibly long structures made out of ichu grass, that was woven into large bundles to create bridges that were an integral part of the Inca road system.  

Chinampas: Helped the Aztec farm more productively. Chinampas was a type of agriculture that used small, rectangular areas of fertile land to produce food on the shallow lake beds in Mexico. Also referred to as "floating gardens", it is not originally developed by the Aztecs. This tribe was the first to use this invention as a form of large-scale cultivation.    

Pyramid at Chichen Itza: Helped the Maya view astronomical phenomena such as eclipses with the naked eye. This construction known as Pyramid of Kukulcan or The Castle in Spanish has an astronomical purpose among its many uses. It allowed the Mayans to see the events in the sky without any additional viewing aid and it also worked as an actual solar calendar (Each of the four sides of the pyramid has 91 steps, and adding the final step at the top platform, they total 365, the number of days in their calendar.)

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005

c. more people could read and interpret the bible for themselves