Aztecs
Mayans
Incas
Mayans, Aztecs or Incas?
Vocabulary
100

The way the Aztecs showed respect to the Gods

What is human sacrificing

100

¿Dónde se localizaba la civilización Maya?

A -En Centroamérica

B - En Brasil

C- En Argentina


What is Central America?

100

The landform the Incas settled on; the mountain range in South America

What are the Andes Mountains

100
Famous for pottery
Incas
100
Maize
What is Corn
200
What modern day city did the Aztecs once settle on?
What is Mexico City
200

True or false: The Mayans were the first American society to develop the concept of 0 (zero).

True

200

Main crop grew by the Incas

What are potatoes

200
Famous for hot chocolate
Aztecs
200

Different social classes, such as the nobles and the slaves

What is social hierarchy or social pyramid?

300
The capital of the Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan
300

This food item was used as currency (or money) and was only consumed by the most important people in the Mayan and Aztec civilizations

What is cacao (chocolate)

300
Domesticated animals by the Incas
What are alpacas and llamas
300

Used colored string to communicate, called quipus

Incas

300

A building with religious use or meaning (un edificio con uso o significado religioso)

What is a temple?

400

The type of agriculture the Aztecs used to harvest and water crops

What are chinampas (floating gardens)

400

The Mayans' religion was polytheism. This means they believed in many ...

Gods

400

What is the name of the ancient Inca ruins located in the Andes mountains?

What is Machu Picchu?

400
First to have 365 day calender
Mayans
400

A picture or symbol representing an idea, an object, a syllable, or a sound

What is a glyph (glifo)

500

¿Quién dirigió la invasión española del imperio Azteca?

Who led the Spanish invasion of the Aztec Empire?

A - Hernán Cortés

B - Cristobal Colón

C -  Huayna Capac

Who is Hernan Cortes?

500

When was the prophecy of doom? 

(When did the Mayans believe the world would end?)

What is December 21st, 2012

500

Since the Incas lived in the mountains, they had to modify the way they harvested on the hills. This type of farming is called...

What is terrace farming?

500

Its capital was an island connected by canals to the mainland.

Who were the Aztecs?

500

A group of countries or territories under the control of one ruler

What is an empire? (un imperio)

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