Vocabulary
The Incas
The Aztec
The Maya
Geography
100
What is an isthmus?
What is "narrow area of land that connect two larger bodies"
100
How many years did it take for the Inca to establish a powerful empire in the Andes Mountains.
What is 100 years.
100
What were Aztec boys taught at a very early age?
What is to be warriors.
100
How many calendars did the Maya have and what were they used for?
What is 2. One for religious and another for agricultural/seasonal.
100
How many years ago did prehistoric hunters leave northeastern Asia and head to North America?
What is 15,000 years.
200
What is a quipu?
What is "a rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors"
200
What type of language did the Inca NOT have?
What is a written language.
200
What present-day country did the Aztecs conquer much of?
What is Mexico.
200
What is a divine right ruler?
What is a ruler that believers felt was descended from God and all-powerful.
200
How far do the Americas stretch from north to south?
What is 11,000 miles.
300
What is Peten?
What is "thick forests that nearly blocked out sunlight"
300
What type of government did the Inca have?
What is a strong, central government.
300
Who was the most powerful of the Aztec rulers?
What is Pacall II.
300
What did the Maya want when they fought battles (2 things)?
What is captives and land/resources.
300
What are the four geographic areas that makeup the Americas?
What is North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean.
400
What is quechua?
What is the spoken language of the Inca.
400
How did the Inca farm? Describe the method.
What is terrace farming. It involves carving flat areas into the sides of the mountains to create useable farmland.
400
What lake did the Aztec build their city of Tenochtitlan on?
What is Lake Texcoco.
400
What was the Mayan mathematics system based on?
What is a method of counting based on 20 and the concept of zero.
400
Provide an example of an isthmus.
What is Central America.
500
Define polytheistic. Define monotheistic.
What is belief in many gods. Belief in one god.
500
Were the Inca polytheistic or monotheistic believers? Describe the difference.
What is belief in many gods versus one god. Incas were polytheistic.
500
What two rights did Aztec women have that was very progressive for the time?
What is the right to own property and the right to inherit land.
500
Name three present day countries where the Maya descendants live today?
What is Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Belize.
500
What is the Caribbean.
What is a string of islands spread across the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
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