Aztec
This is where the Aztec lived.
What is Mexico
This is where the Inca lived.
What is present day Peru, Chile, Equador- Andes mountains on the left coast of South America
This is where the Maya lived.
What is Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Honduras
Each of the three cultures worshipped many of these
What is gods?
These two cultures lived in the same area, but never met each other.
Who were Maya and Aztec
The emperor ruled over regional leaders who "paid" tribute to him with crops, wealth and humans to be sacrified to the gods
This is the time period in which the Inca lived. give estimated start and end time
What is from 1200-1572AD
This empire existed in modern day Mexico. They built canals, used pointed sticks to plant seeds, and hunted wild animals for food. They lived from around 1200-1500AD.
Who were the Aztec?
This culture lived in what is now Mexico, Belize, and a few other countries. They invented a ballgame perhaps similar to our game of basketball. They lived around 1000BC to 900AD.
Who were the Maya?
The Aztec thought this man was one of their gods when he arrived. He eventually took over the Aztec empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
Explain how the spy network worked in Inca society.
Runners with quipa ran and reported to the emperor
The staple crop of all three of these cultures. Please also explain why it was important.
What is maize? corn It was their go-to crop. They were able to grow it easily and use it in many ways.
This is a formal name for a Spanish conqueror. They were cruel and harsh with the native people.
What is conquistador?
This is how the Aztec empire fell.
What is the arrival of the Spanish conqueror- Hernan Cortez, taking over Tenochtitlan, and eventually murdered Montezuma II. The Spanish also spread disease.
This is how the Inca empire fell.
What is the arrival of the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro, the murder of Atahualpa, and the spreading of disease.
Spoken language of the Incas
What is quechua
Which culture created books wrapped in jaquar skins and wrote about the concept of zero in these books
Maya
Name three contributions of the Aztec culture.
What are calendar, patolli, canals, chocolate as currency, stone statues, weavers, city of Tenochtitlan and irrigation system
Name three contributions of the Inca Empire.
What are suspension bridges, 2,000 miles of road, sundials, quipu, Cuzco, gold art,
What is quipa
Messages on ropes and strings using knots
Explain what Machu Picchu was and describe it
religious temple/city built high in the Andres moutains in modern day Peru. One of seven wonders of the world
What was the name of the Aztec leader who "lost" to the Spanish OR what was the name of the Inca leader who "lost" to the Spanish
What is Montezuma was an Aztec ruler, Atahualpa was an Incan ruler.