What are three reasons why the Mayans disappeared.
What is drought, war, mass sacrifice, natural disaster, etc.
100
One of the main rewards of being an Aztec warrior that also was true if you were a soldier in Rome.
What is being guaranteed land for the rest of your life?
100
3 similarities between Mayans and Aztecs.
What is chocolate, calendar, pyramids, lived in Mesoamerica, etc.?
100
Point to a map where Mesoamerica AND Peru are.
What is Mexico/Central America and Peru in Central America?
200
Describe Machu Picchu.
What is a city on top of a mountain at the edge of the Incan empire with terraces for farming and stone buildings.
200
Where the Mayans lived.
What is Mesoamerica?
200
3 main Aztec beliefs.
What is the belief in Quetzacoatl, the legend about how people were formed in different sizes by bones, thought Cortes and Spanish were gods, keeping nature in balance, wanted to keep sun moving because they thought it could burn out, etc.
200
Similarities between all 3 civilizations.
What is advanced civilizations, formed an empire, built with stone, invaded by Spanish, etc.
200
2 weapons the Spanish had AND 2 Aztec weapons
What is the Spanish had the harkabus gun and the steel sword while the Aztecs had the maquahitl AND the throwing spear, lance, etc?
300
The main invention of the Incas (be sure to describe).
What is a road network made up of stone that connected all of the cities?
300
Describe the Mayans first ball game.
What is an I-shaped court with a hard rubber ball that you have to hit through a goal with your legs, hips, or arms. The losers would be sacrificed to the gods?
300
How the Aztec empire was ruled.
What is by local governments in the 3 main city states?
300
3 Similarities between Incas and Aztecs.
What is built roads, fought Spanish, and were killed by disease?
300
What material the Aztecs used for a lot of their weapons.
What is obsidian (black volcanic glass)?
400
The main reason why the Incas were defeated by the Spanish.
What are germs from smallpox?
400
3 inventions of the Mayans.
What is a 365 day calendar, the number 0, herbal medicine, chocolate, written language, etc.
400
3 reason why it took 2 years for Spanish to overtake the Aztecs.
What is the Aztec's weapons like the maquahitl, Spanish teamed up with Aztec enemies, smallpox, the vastness of their empire's land, etc.
400
2 similarities between Incas and Mayans.
What is farming and using stone for building?
400
The baseball team that Mr. D. is going to be heavily rooting for in the playoffs starting later this week.
What is the St. Louis Cardinals?
500
Why the Incas didn't have their own language while the Mayans did.
What are ideas traveling along lines of latitude rather than along lines of longitude since these places have more in common (climate, vegetation, etc.)
500
Describe how the Mayans used jade.
What is for making a mosaic mask of the king, trade, and making jewelry especially that kings/royalty were buried with?
500
The capital city of the Aztec empire (name for Aztec and Spanish).
What is Tenochtitlan AND Mexico City?
500
2 Similarities between Spanish conquistadors and Aztecs.
What was warriors and fought with advanced weaponry?
500
Why the three civilizations we have studied were advanced.
What is developed ideas and inventions that we still use in 2015 (calendar, government, foods, etc.)?