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Most common agricultural crop for all three civilizations.
What is maize
A Mayan soccer/basketball like game
what is pok-a-tok
What is the Beringia Land Bridge
The civilization that sacrificed 100,000 people for the dedication of the sun god
Who are the Aztec
Aztec floating gardens
What are chinampas
The capital city of the Aztec civilization
What is Tenochtitlan
Bloody religious rites performed to please the gods.
What are human sacrifices
People who wander their entire life
Who are nomads
a Maya symbol of beauty that required dental implants of jewels
What are shimmering teeth
their number system had the number 0
Who are the Maya
Where is Mesoamerica
The Inca punishment for laziness
death by hanging, stoning or being pushed off a cliff
Pueblo people who built homes into the cliffs
Who are the Anasazi
Mayan & Aztec books burned by the Spaniard conquistadors
What are codices
The Great Serpent is an example of this
What are earthwork mounds
What is Nahuatl
the act of using boards to flatten a Mayan baby's head
What is trepanning
Who are the Inca
Maya form of public punishment to shame a person
What is shaving the head
Incan system of record keeping
What is quipu
Aztec sun god
Who is Huitzilopochtli
Aztec game played by nobles and commoners
What is patolli
The Aztec ruler defeated by Hernan Cortez that vowed revenge
Who is Montezuma II
What are dyed hair (black & indigo) and red stained teeth
The two bases of the two Aztec calendars
What are the movement of Venus and the Earth's orbit around the sun