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 1200-1519AD?
200
This is the time period in which the Inca lived.
What is from 1200-1572AD?
200
This is the time period in which the Maya lived.
What is from 250-900AD?
200
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?
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. They lived around 1000BC to 900AD.
Who were the Maya?
300

Describe the meeting between Cortes and Moctezuma using three details from our sources.

What are respectful, welcoming, gift giving, allowing to stay in the city, not being allowed to touch Moctezuma, conquistadors being impressed?

300
The Inca re known for over 2,000 of these.
What is miles of roads?
300
This is the number system used by the Maya.
What is base 20?
300
The staple crop of these cultures. Please also explain why it was important.
What is maize? It was their go-to crop. They were able to grow it easily and use it in many ways.
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, 2,000 miles of road, sundials, quipu, Cuzco, gold art,
500

Name three contributions of the Maya Empire.

What are architecture, astronomy, calendar, medicine, writing system, agriculture?

500

The type of agriculture where you cut crops down and burn them to regrow new crops. 

What is slash and burn?

500

The writing system the Mayans used.

What are hieroglyphs?

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