Aztecs
Where were the Aztecs Located?
Valley of Mexico or in Central Mexico
Where were the Mayans located?
Yucatan Peninsula / Central America
What is a Polytheistic religion?
Belief and worship of many gods.
Where were the Incas Located?
Andes Mountain region of South America
Where did Christopher Columbus reach on his voyage?
The New World / Americas
What disease devastated the Aztecs?
Smallpox
What is their religious practices?
Sacrifices /ceremonies
What religion was required to be practiced in New Spain?
Roman Catholic
What form of religion did the Incas have?
Polytheistic
What journey did Ferdinand Magellan complete?
He was the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
What type of religion did they practice?
Polytheistic
What Mayan achievement was famous until 2012?
Mayan Calendar system
What is culture?
customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social groups.
What type of government did they have?
Monarchy
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Exchange-the exchange of products, plants, animals, diseases between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Spain
Each Mayan city sate had its own_____?
Ruler
What was the Aztec emperor's main Job?
To lead them in war.
Incas government established mandatory ________?
Public service building projects
What did Ptolemy's map establish that is still used today?
System of Latitude and Longitude.
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
What are the three reasons for the decline of the Maya?
Around 900A.D - There was a severe DROUGHT many died due to STARVATION and others MIGRATED away.
What is the Inca practice of Cranial Deformation and its process?
They wrapped a tight cloth around the heads of newborns to alter the shape of their soft skull into a cone-like shape.
What was the Incas main god they worshiped? Also, what was he the god of?
Inti the Sun god
Where did Vasco Da Gama go and how did he sail?
Vasco da Gama was the 1st explorer to find a direct trade route to Asia by going around Africa to get to India.