Maya
The mayans occupied this landmass
what is the Yucatan Peninsula?
The Aztec Empire was ruled from this city, located on the site of modern-day Mexico City.
What is Tenochtitlan?
the Inca Empire, unlike the Maya an Aztec, resided on this continent.
What is South America?
These two countries funded much of early exploration.
What are Spain and Portugal?
The Ottomans, while majority Sunni Muslim, tolerated other religions through a system of this.
What is Taxation?
The Mayans were particularly adept at astronomy and made a sophisticated one of these, which they used to track crop cycles.
What is a Calendar?
The Incan empire used this series of knotted ropes for record keeping, called this.
What is Quipu?
These "Three G's" were the guiding forces behind European exploration.
What are Gold, Glory, and God?
Suleiman the great is so known for his uniting of this empire.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The ancient city of Tikal contained many architectural marvels including this type of structure, used for religious rituals.
What is a Pyramid?
The Aztecs were similar to the Incas in that they built large and major forms of these.
What are Cities?
The Incas, much like the Aztecs, fell to the Spanish conquistadors who were using this superior type of weaponry.
What is Gunpowder Weaponry? (Rifles, Cannons)
This Chinese Explorer had 300 "Junk" Ships on his first voyage with nearly 100 crew per ship.
Who is Zhang He?
All three Gunpowder empires practiced this, leading to a more peaceful populace.
What is Religious Tolerance?
This particular pyramid site was dedicated to worship of Kukulkan, a prominent Mayan god.
What is the Chichen Itza?
The Aztecs would eventually fall to a combination of civil unrest, disease, and an invasion by this group.
Who are the Conquistadors?
The Incas unlike the Aztecs, built their empire through this.
What is Loyalty?
This Explorer was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This empire was officially Islamic but had a high Hindu population.
What is the Mughal Empire?
While not as intensive as the Aztecs, the Mayan civilization practiced this form of appeasement to the gods.
What is Human Sacrifice?
One of the ways the Aztecs managed to live on the shallow lake texacoco was through floating platforms called this.
What are Chinampas?
This city is famed as an archeological site today.
What is Macchu Picchu?
This Explorer charted Australia and New Zealand.
Who is James Cook?
The ottoman empire continued until this major world event, after which the empire was dissolved.
What is World War I?