Olmecs& Mayans
Aztecs
Cortez and the Aztecs
Spanish Colonialism
Change and Continuity
100
The Olmecs were experts at working with and are nicknamed after this bouncy substance.
Rubber
"Rubber People"
100
The Aztecs believed they came from this mythical city.
What is Atzlan?
100
Cortes left Cuba for Mexico this reason that was in conflict with what he was ordered to do.
What is conquer the Aztecs?
100
This was the economic system used in New Spain, characterized by the phrase "He who has the most gold wins."
What is mercantilism?
100
Teh first inhabitants of the Americas crossed over on this land mass.
What is the Beringian Ice-Free Corridor
200
The tool below was used in this ritual started by the Olmecs
What is Bloodletting?
200
At its height over 200,000 Aztecs lived in this technologically advanced capital city.
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
Montezuma, king of the Aztecs, allowed Cortes to arrest him because he believed he was this.
What is a God returned?
Extra 100 points for Quetzalcoatl
200
A grant of land given by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.
What is an Encomienda?
200
Before being Christianized, people practiced this type of religion based on animals
What is Animistic Religion?
300
In this ball game, created by the Olmecs, the losing team was typically sacrificed.
What is Pok-a- Tok?
300
These swampy gardens supplied the Aztecs with most of their food.
What are Chinampas?
300
This person was key to Cortes' plans because she translated Nahuatl to Spanish.
Who was La Malinche?
300
These people were born on Spanish soil and held the highest place on the New Spain Social Hierarchy
Who were Pennisulares?
300
After the Europeans arrived, these great structures were torn down and replaced with churches.
What are pyramid temples?
400
The Olmec's are best known for these giant statues of their kings
What are Colossal Heads?
400
The Aztecs sacrificed people because they believed this substance was precious because it fed their gods.
What is blood?
400
This viral killer made it easy for Cortes to Conquer the Aztecs.
What is Smallpox?
400
This shiny, white colored, metal was extracted from Mexico by the ton and used as currency in Spain
What is silver?
400
New plants, animals, and illnesses were brought to America on this metaphoric trade system.
What is the Columbian exchange
500
Meso-American Historians call the Olmec society this term because they were the oldest civilization found in Meso-America, and many later civilizations had similar ideas and practices.
What is the mother civilization
500
When the Aztecs conquered a neighboring society, they forced them to pay them tributes and did not allow them to have these.
What are militaries, armies, soldiers, etc.
500
During this sad night, Spanish soldiers massacred hundreds of Aztecs, and consequently killed and ran out of Tenochtitlan in return
What is the Night of Sorrows?
500
The Spanish brought African slaves to the new world because they needed this to work the fields and mines.
What is labor or laborers?
500
Europeans introduced this sweet plant to the Americas
on large plantations.
What is sugar cane?
600
The Olmec civilization is believed to have declined for three possible reasons. Name one
The rivers silted up and choked off
Volcanic activity
Civil Conflict
600
Aztec society declined because of these two reasons.
What are Smallpox and being conquered by Cortes?
600
The Aztecs murdered this leader by throwing stones at him because he told them to submit to the Spanish.
Who was Montezuma?
600
These people were at the bottom of the social class hierarchy in New Spain and were forced to perform labor or pay tributes to Spanish Governors
Who were the Natives or African Slaves?
600
African chiefs traded people to Europeans to be used as slaves in exchange for this technology that eventually caused and arms race in Africa.
What are rifles?
700
The Mayans are known for their ability to chart the stars and making this creation based on cycles of time
What is the Mayan Calendar
700
The Aztecs built these structures to supply water pressure to fountains and flush toilets.
What are Aqueducts?
700
Cortes, his men, and Tlaxcala allies constructed these wooden boats to blockade Tenochtitlan.
What were Brigantines?
700
This Treaty gave Spain all of the Americas excluding Brazil, which was reserved for the Portuguese.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
700
The ocean trade routes that brought raw materials to Europe, guns and rum to Africa, slaves and manufactured goods to America.
What is the Triangle trade?