Dolphins
Packers
Bears
Vikings
49ers
100
Why was the Inca road system important?
The roads connected all parts of the empire.
100
A crop grown by the Maya:
maize
100
Describe the social structure of the Maya civilization
The kings believed they were related to gods. Upper class were priests, merchants, and noble warriors. Most people were lower class (farmers)
100
Causeways:
raised roads across water or wet ground
100
The Maya cleared parts of the forest to grow what?
maize (corn)
200
What is Cora's middle name? Don't know? 25 sit-ups will give you the right answer :)
Lousie
200
Inca leader who was captured by the Spanish:
Atahualpah
200
Buildings used to study astronomy:
observatories
200
What happened to soldiers after the Maya captured them in battle?
They became slaves
200
In the 1400's which ruler expanded Inca territory?
Pachacuti
300
What city did I teach in before coming to St. Joe's? Don't know? 25 jumping jacks will earn you the right answer.
Dyersville
300
Civilization that began in present day Peru:
Inca
300
The popular Maya ball game was similar to basketball because both sports' goal was to:
get the ball through a ring
300
The Maya king was related to who? or thought he was
gods
300
How were the Maya and Aztec religions the same? Different?
Both worshiped many gods. Maya offered blood. Aztec offered humans.
400
leader of the invasion of Aztec
Hernan Cortes
400
What did the Spaniards accidentally bring with them that helped conquer the Aztecs?
deadly disease (smallpox)
400
What problems did the Aztecs need to overcome while building their capitol city?
Getting to and from the city and lack of farmland.
400
How did the Incas preserve their history before they started a written language?
Oral history and tied knots in cords to represent numbers
400
conquistadors:
a group of Spanish soldiers
500
How did the Incas unify their empire and establish control over the people they conquered?
1. Replaced leaders with people they trusted 2. Built roads connecting the empire 3. Conducted business in one language
500
Who defeated the last of the Incas in 1537?
Pizarro
500
A increase in what led to the Mayan decline?
warfare
500
chinampas:
floating gardens built by Aztecs
500
What event took place before the Spaniards arrived that led to the fall of the Inca Empire?
a civil war
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