Aztec
Maya
Inca
Mix
Geography plus more
100
What is one type of farming method the Aztec's used?
Chinampas
100
True or False - The Mayans existed before the Aztecs and Incas.
True
100
What is one type of farming the Inca used?
Terrace Farming
100
What is another word for agriculture?
Farming
100
Which civilization is the "red"? Aztec, Maya, or Inca.
What is "Aztec".
200
Where did the Aztec originate?
Originated in Tenochtitlan
200
The Maya believed on only one God. True or False.
False, the maya had over 150 Gods.
200
Why did the Inca use Terrace farming?
They lived in the Andes Mountains
200
Which civilization, Aztec, Maya, or Inca, existed first?
The Maya
200
Which civilization lived in the green area?
Who are the "Maya."
300
Why did the Aztec's need to use chinampas?
There capital city was built in the middle of a lake.
300
Fill in the blank: The ___ the headdress, the more important that person was.
The bigger the headdress
300
What did the Inca used to record information.
They used Quipu (or Khipu). This was a "talking knot" system made of colored strings and knots
300
Which civilization has the number zero in their unmber system
The Maya
300
Which civilization lived in the "yellow" area?
Who are the "Inca"
400
What did the Aztec's believe the sun needed to rise each day?
Human Sacrifice
400
True or False. The Mayas were very scientific minded
True, they studied stars and planets, and predicted linear or solar eclipse
400
True or false. The Inca had no writing systems.
True, they used quipu, or strings beads
400
Which civilization is MORE advanced in engineering work? Maya, Aztec, or Inca?
Inca because they had an advanced empire buildings engineering.
400
The Inca Empire lived in mainly what type of landform?
Mountains
500
What caused the end of the Aztec Empire?
Disease, Spanish Conquerors.
500
Why did the Mayan civilization fall?
No one knows for sure
Could have been disease, natural disaster, or starvation.
500
True or false. The Inca was the smallest empire compared to the Aztec and Maya.
False, the Inca Empire was the largest in pre-Columbian America
500
How did geography led to the decline of the Maya
Lack of rainfall and droughts
500
What type of landform did the Aztec build there capital city in?
Lake
600
How did geography played a role in the rise of the Aztecs?
The island on a lake acted as a natural barrier from enemies.
600
Which is the turning point for the Maya: Pre classic 2000BC-250CE, Late Pre classic 300BC-250CE, Classic 250CE-900CE, or Post Classic 900CE-1600 CE
Late Pre classic is where large and powerful cities emerged.
600
What stonework in the Inca is well known.
Machu Picchu, the most famous Inca city, known for its incredible stonework.
600
Which civilizations (Aztec, Maya, Inca) believed their God instructed them to settle where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus, devouring a snake
The Aztec
600
Which civilization settled on lowlands of mesoamerica
The Maya civilization