This group, native to North and Central America, was a staple of diets thousands of years ago, and is still eaten by millions today.
What is Corn?
This was Columbus's goal when he set sail across the Atlantic.
What is a faster trade route with India?
The continent that the Inca called home.
What is South America?
The region that the Aztec called home.
What is Central Mexico?
The Region that the Maya called home.
The Yucatan Peninsula?
Mr. Clark's total pairs of sock count.
What is 32?
Many of the early Mesoamerican civilizations used this to farm effectively in areas that are typically dry.
What is irrigation?
The name of the Conquistador that beat the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
The Inca used this instead of written language.
What is knots in rope?
The name of the great Aztec city, one of the largest in the world at this time.
What is Tenochtitlan?
Maya was a collection of ___ _____ that worked and traded together.
City-States?
If the Letters of the Alphabet came alive, became human sized, which letter would be the easiest to take in a fight?
O?
What is Teotihuacan?
The 3 Reasons the Spanish were able to beat the different Mesoamerican Empires with much fewer men.
Disease, Technology, and Alliances with other nations
The Inca had great ______ which allowed them to function effectively as a large empire.
What is roads?
The most powerful known Aztec Emperor.
Montezuma I?
The most important figure in Maya Society.
The Kings of the City-States?
All of the classes Mr. Clark teaches, grade and subject.
What is 7th Grade History, 7th Grade World Cultures, 9th Grade History, 9th-12th Grade Financial Strategies?
The oldest known culture in Mesoamerica.
Who are the Olmec?
The name of the conquistador that beat the Inca.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
The most important person in Inca society.
Who is the emperor?
These were built in the center of Aztec cities.
What are Temples?
What is a class system?
Mr. Clark has ingested roughly this many fluid ounces of Coffee this school year. Has to be within 100.
What is 2880?
The Largest city in North America until the arrival of the Europeans.
What is Cahokia?
Both Spanish Conquistadors did this with the rulers of the Aztec and Inca.
What is held them hostage before eventually killing them?
The Inca had a strong _____ that allowed them to hold their empire together, and complete certain tasks.
Strong Central Government?
The Aztec were well known across the region for this.
A strong, warrior focused society.
The Maya calendar is famous for the same number of days and being similar to our calendar, and for this.
Ending in 2012?
Mr. Clark has recently started playing this card game from his childhood again, known for 5 different types of land, creatures, and spells.
What is Magic: The Gathering?