Maya
Aztec
Inca
Geography
Vocab
100

What did Tepew and Q'uk'umatz say to create the earth?

What is Earth?

100

why did the Aztec have to move to the middle of a lake?

What are other people living there?

100

How did the Incas find Cuzco in their myth?

What is a golden staff?

100

Where was the Mayan civilization located?

Where was the Yucatan Peninsula?

100

define "arid"

arid, adj. dry or having very little rain.

200

What is the second lowest social class in the Mayan cities?

What is Craftsmen?

200

What do you call the gardens the Aztec made in the middle of the lake?

What are Chinampas?

200

When did the Incas fall?

When was 1532 CE?

200

What were some of the geographical features of the land of the Inca?

What are Deserts, Valleys, and Mountains?

200

define "topple"

topple, v. to remove a government from power

300

What is the way the Mayans farmed that was the worst for the environment?

What is "Slash and Burn"?

300

Who is the Aztec rain god?

Who is Tlaloc?

300

How did the Incas communicate across areas?

What are fleet-footed messengers?

300

What direction did the Mayans leave their civilization?

What is North?


300

define "sacred"

sacred, adj. holy or deserving respect

400

When did the Mayan golden age start?

What is 250 CE?

400

DAILY DUB What are the houses that commoners live in called?

What are adobes?

400

Were the Incas mathematically advanced?

No.

400

What part of the world did the Mayans and Incas live?

What are the Americas?


400

define "penetrate"

penetrate, v. to go through or into something

500

What is one way the Mayan golden age might have ended?

Answers may vary. (ex: destroying the environment, changing trade routes, etc.)

500

What is the other name for the temple?

What is the temple Mayor?

500

What was the second level of Inca social class?

What are government officials?

500

Where was Tenochtitlan?

Where was lake Texcoco?

500

define "game" (2)

game, n. 2. an activity for pleasure or sport

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