MAYA
OLMEC
INCA
AZTEC
VOCABULARY
100
WHAT WERE THE MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVIES OF THE OLMEC AND MAYA?
FARMING AND TRADE
100

THE OLMEC LIVED IN THIS AREA

MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA

100
GIVE THE LOCATION OF THE INCA CIVILIZATION.
THE ANDES MOUNTAIN
100
WHY DID THE AZTEC BUILD CHINAMPAS?
TO GROW FOOD
100

A REFERENCE TO BOTH THE LOCATION AND TIME PERIOD OF OUR CURRENT UNIT

MESO-AMERICA

200

THE MAYA LIVED HERE

THE YUCATAN PENINSULA

200

THE OLMEC CARVED THESE LARGE STONE INTO WHAT?

HEADS

200
WHY DID THE INCA BUILT AQUEDUCTS?
IRRIGATE THE LAND
200
THE AZTEC SETTLED IN WHAT AREA?
MEXICO CITY OR THE VALLEY OF MEXICO
200

THE MAIN FOOD STAPLE OF MESO-AMERICA

MAIZE

300
THE MAYA WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO USE WHAT?
ZERO
300
THE OLMEC'S CHIEF GOD WAS A HALF HUMAN, HALF ANIMAL, NAME THAT ANIMAL.
JAGUAR
300
WHO DEFEATED THE INCA CIVILIZATION?
THE SPANISH
300
HOW DID THE AZTEC BUILD A STRONG EMPIRE?
THROUGH WARFARE
300

A SPANISH COLONIAL WARRIOR

CONQUISTADOR

400
WHAT TYPE OF FOOD DID THE MAYA EAT?
BEANS, CORN, SQUASH
400
NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT MADE BY THE MAYAN
CALENDAR AND MATH SYSTEM
400
HOW WERE THE INCA ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TROUGHOUT THIER LARGE EMPIRE?
THEY BUILD AN ENTENSIVE SYSTEM OF ROADS AND USED RUNNERS TO COMMUNICATE MESSAGES
400
WHY DID THE INCA CUT STEPS INTO THE MOUNTAIN SIDES?
FOR FARMING
400

THE OFFICIAL INCA COMMUNICATION

QUIPU

500
HOW WERE THE END OF THE OLMEC AND MAYA CIVILIZATION SIMILAR?
BOTH ABANDONED REGION FOR UNKNOWN REASONS
500

WHICH PEOPLE BORROW IDEAS AND PRACTICED FROM THE OLMEC

VERACRUZ, MAYA, TOLTECS, AZTECS

500
WHAT WAS THE CHIEF GEOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE FOR THE INCA?
THEY LIVED IN THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANDES
500
HOW DID THE AZTEC KNOW WERE TO STOP TO BUILD THEIR CAPITAL CITY?
THE LEGEND SAID THAT WHEN THEYCAME TO A CATUS WITH AN EAGLE SITTING ON TOP OF IT, THEY SHOULD BUILD THEIR CITY THERE.
500

THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE

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