Maya
This is where the Aztec lived.
What is Valley of Mexico at Lake Texcoco.
This is where the Inca lived.
What is present day Peru, Chile, Equador. Andes Mountains.
This is the time period in which the Maya lived.
What is from 2000BCE-900AD?
This is the time period in which the Aztec lived.
What is from 1428-1519AD?
This is the time period in which the Inca lived.
What is from 1400-1532AD?
This empire existed in modern day Mexico. They built canals, used pointed sticks to plant seeds, and hunted wild animals for food.
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.
Who were the Maya?
This is the number system used by the Maya.
What is base 20 or binary math?
The Aztec thought this man was one of their gods when he arrived. He eventually took over the Aztec empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
The Incas are known for over 2,000 of these.
What is miles of roads?
The staple crop of these cultures.
What is maize? It was their go-to crop. They were able to grow it easily and use it in many ways.
This is how the Maya empire ended (4 reasons).
-overpopulation
-political tension
-climate change
-Spanish Invasion
This is how the Aztec empire fell.
Spanish Invasion (war and disease)
This is how the Inca empire fell.
Spanish invasion- war and disease
It provided steady labor for building and farming projects for Incas.
What is the mit’a system.
What did the Maya, Aztec, and Inca all have in common regarding religion?
What is they were all polytheistic.
Name 3 things used for tribute in the Aztec culture?
What are cacao, animals, gems, animal skins, solders, building materials
What was the largest social group in the Inca civilization?
What is the commoners.
From our vocabulary wall, pick three words that only go with the Inca empire. (besides the word Inca)
What are: Answers will vary
What factors MOST influenced where each civilization settled (2 things)?
Climate and geography