Aztec
Inca
Maya
Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100
This is where the Aztec lived.
What is Mexico
100
This is where the Inca lived.
What is present day Peru, Chile, Equador
100
This is where the Maya lived.
What is Yukatan Peninsula, Belize, Honduras
100
Each of the three cultures worshipped many of these
What is gods?
100

These two cultures lived in the same area, but never met each other.

Who were Maya and Aztec

200

This is the time period in which the Aztec lived.

What is from 1325–1519 CE?

200

This is the time period in which the Inca lived.

What is from Late 1400s–1532 CE?

200

This is the time period in which the Maya lived.

What is from  300–900 CE?

200

This empire existed in modern day Mexico. They built canals, used pointed sticks to plant seeds, and hunted wild animals for food. Had Chinampas (floating gardens).

Who were the Aztec?

200

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. Slash and burn society.

Who were the Maya?

300
The Aztec thought this man was one of their gods when he arrived. He eventually took over the Aztec empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
300

The Inca re known for over 2,500 of these. 

What is miles of roads?

300

This is the number system used by the Maya.

What is base 20?

  • Dot : Represents 1.
  • Bar : Represents 5.
  • Shell :Represents 0.
300

The staple crops of these cultures called? 

The three sisters (corn, beans, and squash)

300

This is a formal name for a Spanish conqueror. They were cruel and harsh with the native people.

What is conquistador?

400
This is how the Aztec empire fell.
What is the arrival of Hernan Cortez, taking over Tenochtitlan, and eventually murdered Montezuma II. The Spanish also spread disease.
400

This is how the Inca empire fell.

What is the arrival of Francisco Pizarro, the murder of Atahualpa, and the spreading of disease.

400

This is how the Maya empire ended.

What is the Maya disappeared. Their record-keeping stopped, they abandoned their cities. Possible that Spanish influence with disease - not known.

400

This is the way of life where the people caught their food and brought it back to the tribe and also others go and collect berries, fruits, and plants for eating. When the supplies of these things diminished, the tribe would move to a different area.

What is hunter & gatherer?

400

The difference between Montezuma II and Atahualpa.

What is Montezuma was an Aztec ruler, Atahualpa was an Incan ruler.

500
Name three contributions of the Aztec culture.
What are calendar, patolli, canals, chocolate as currency, stone statues, weavers, codices (place to record history)
500

Name three contributions of the Inca Empire.

What are suspension bridges, 2,500 miles of road, sundials, quipu, Cuzco, gold art

500

December 21, 2012, was mistaken by many as... and Scholars believes...

What is an apocalypse. Scholars note this marked a transition or renewal of cycles, rather than an end to the world.

500

Three words that only go with the Inca empire. (besides the word Inca)

What are: Machu Picchu, Atahualpa, Francisco Pizarro

500

Name 4 words that would go with all three cultures.

What are: gods, calendar, disease, astronomy, human sacrifice

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