Olmec
Where were the Olmec civlization located?
Southern Mexico
Where were the Maya civilzation located? (There are two correct answers)
Mexico and/or Central America
Where were the Aztec civilization located?
Central Mexico
Where were the Inca civilization located?
The Inca
True or False?:
The Olmec was the earliest civilization in Meso America.
True
What were the Maya famous for that no other civilization had?
Their Writing System
Who conqured the Aztec? (NOT just, "The Spanish")
Hernán Cortés
What was the name of their advanced knotted cord system used to record and communicate numerical information?
Quipu
Each of these civilizations focused on different aspects of living, which focused primarily on their buildings, military strength, and alliances?
The Aztec
What were the Olmec famously known for?
Their Collosal Stone Heads
What did the Maya carefully study, also basing their calendar on?
Astronomy
How did the Aztec Empire gain power? (4 Correct Answers)
Warfare, Conquest, Alliances, Tribute from conquered people
The Inca was famously known for their advanced... (2 Correct Answers)
Roads and Bridges
These two civilization both have way to store information, one is numerical and one is in writing, what were these two civilizations?
The Maya and the Inca
The Olmec were famous for building...? (2 Correct Answers)
Farming communities and Religous centers
We know about their advanced writing, astronomy study, calendars, and architecture. What else are the Mayian famously known for?
Their Mathematics
The Aztec were heavily weakened by this, they were the result of foreign Europeans bringing them to their civilization. This thing was...?
Diseases
The Inca cut flat areas into mountain-sides to make farming easier, this type of farming is called..?
Terrace Farming
What is a major advantage the Maya had over the Olmec due to being surrounded by natural bodies of waters? (Multiple answers)
They had protection from invading civilizations, access to lots of water
Why were the Olmec civilization referred too as the "mother culture"?
They influenced many later Mesoamerica civilizations.
The Maya did not have one ruler controlling their entire empire, instead, they lived in independant...?
The Aztec needed more farmland in their civilization so they built artifiical farming areas in shallow water. These were called...?
Chinampas
What is the Capital of the Inca civilization?
Cuzco
Whats the difference between the Maya architecture and the Olmec architecture?
They Maya were known for their palaces and pyramids while the Olmec were known for their Collosal Stone heads