Random Vocab
Define for me the term Chinampa
WHAT IS A floating garden island made of twigs, limbs, sticks, and silt; created by the aztecs
What was the name of the Aztec capital city?
WHAT IS Tenochtitlán
What was the main food crop of the Mayans?
WHAT IS CORN
What are the Olmecs most famous for making out of stone?
What is Giant heads
WHAT IS MR. BIGALKS FAVORITE Color?
What is Blue
DEFINE FOR ME SLASH-AND-BURN?
What is a practice used in agriculture where a forrest is cut and burned before the land is planted.
What modern-day country did the Aztecs live in?
WHAT IS A Mexico
What type of writing system did the Mayans use with symbols and pictures?
what is Hieroglyphics
What modern-day country did the Olmecs live in?
What is Mexico
What is Mr. Bigalk's fav Soda Specifically
What is Code Red Mountain Dew
Define for me the term Codex...
WHAT IS a mayan folding book recorded on paper made from the inner bark of fig trees
What were chinampas, the Aztecs’ “floating gardens,” mainly used for?
WHAT IS Farming
What did the Mayans study to help them create accurate calendars?
WHAT IS THE STARS
The Olmecs lived near what large body of water along the coast?
What is The Gulf of Mexico
What is Mr. Bigalks Fav Baseball team...
What is the Chicago Cubs
WHO IS DIEGO De LANDA...
WHO is a Spanish priest who tried to make the Mayas accept Roman Catholicism.
What did the Aztecs build their capital city on?
What is A lake (Lake Texcoco)
What kind of large buildings did the Mayans build for temples and ceremonies?
What is a Pyramid
Why do historians believe the Olmecs were an important early civilization?
What is Because they influenced later civilizations like the Mayans and Aztecs
What Mr. Bigalks fav movie theater snack ...
What is Popcorn
WHAT IS A ANTHROPOLOGIST?
WHO IS A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES HUMAN ORIGINS AND BEHAVIOR
How did the location of Tenochtitlán both help and hurt the Aztecs?
what is It helped protect them from enemies (surrounded by water) but made it easier for the Spanish to cut off supplies
Why did the Mayans build tall pyramids instead of flat temples?
What is To be closer to the gods / for religious ceremonies at the top
What do the giant stone heads tell us about Olmec society?
What is They likely honored important leaders and showed advanced skills in art and engineeringHinduism
What is the Mr. Bigalk's Dream Vacation....
What is... Disney World or going to Italy/Israel