Olmecs
Number of Gods that archaeologists have identified.
What is 8?
5 countries that the Maya settled in
What is Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador?
Floating gardens used to grow their food
What are Chinampas?
Name of the emperor or God living among them
Who is Sapa Inca?
They were the first to grow cacao
What are the Mayas?
This were over 9 feet tall.
What are giant stone heads?
3 big periods of time
What is the Pre-Classic Era, The Classic Era and the Post-Classic Era.
Capital city of their Empire
What is Tenochtitlán?
They were given a little time each day to bath, eat and sleep
What are commoners?
A system used by Incas as a record keeping that used knots on strings
What are quipus?
What is corn, beans and squash?
Kind of roofs they used for their houses
What are thatched roofs?
The last powerful emperor of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Montezuma?
Name of Spanish conqueror who arrived in Cusco
What is Francisco Pizarro?
Area of current-day Central America, extending from Northern- Central Mexico.
What is Mesoamerica?
Name of 3 of their Gods.
What is the Olmec Dragon, Bird Monster, Banded-Eye God, Feathered Serpent, Maize, Fish or Shark Monster, Rain Spirit, Were-Jaguar
Famous Honduras Archaeologist
What is Ricardo Agurcia? DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Was the God of sun and war
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
Year in which the Spanish conquerors killed the last Inca emperor
What is 1572?
A book written by ancient peoples to record important information.
What is Codex?
Name of two cities they built
What is San Lorenzo and La Venta?
5 things that Mayas are known for
What is art, architecture, mathematics, calendar and astronomical system.
Spanish leader who conquered them
What is Hernán Cortés?
Three most common food they grew
What is corn, potatoes and quinoa?
What does the term Mesoamerica mean?
What is "middle America" in Greek.