Geography
Tikal and Chichen Itza were major landmarks of this civilization.
Who are the Maya?
The Aztecs believed this would happen if they ceased their sacrifice of human beings.
What is the end of the world?
With the support of many allied native peoples, this man was credited by the Spanish Empire for its conquest of the Aztecs.
Who was Hernan Cortez?
Quechua was the language of this civilization.
Who are the Inca?
This civilization developed a 365 day calendar and used a glyph based writing system.
Who are the maya?
This capital city of the Aztec Empire was located in the middle of Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This civilization believed that their emperor was a descendant of the sun god, Inti.
Atahualpa was captured and executed by this man.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
About two million people in southern Mexico and Central America still speak the language of this civilization.
Who are the Maya?
These were small islands made of dirt which the Aztecs used to farm in the settlements on Lake Texcoco.
What are chinampas?
This city was the political, commercial, and cultural capital of the Inca Empire.
What is Cuzco?
According to the mythology of this civilization, Tezcatlipoca turned into a jaguar, ate the first sun, and destroyed the world.
Who are the Aztecs?
This empire had just suffered from a civil war when they first interacted with the Spanish.
Who are the Inca?
This civilization was not a unified empire or state and was instead composed of many independent city-states.
Who are the Maya?
In order to traverse the mountains they lived in, this civilization developed a vast system of roads and bridges, some of which still exist to this day.
Who are the Inca?
This city, centered around massive earthen mounds, was located near modern day St. Louis.
What is Cahokia?
This deity holds two serpents in its hands and is the creator god of the Inca civilization.
Who is Viracocha?
This person translated between rulers and government officials in the Spanish and Nahuatl languages.
Who was La Malinche?
Located in modern-day Peru, this city was a center of learning, religion, and science, but was not the capital of its civilization.
What is Machu Pichu?
This confederacy of native peoples were the largest fighting force who contributed to the overthrow and destruction of the Aztec Empire.
Who are the Tlaxcala.
This city was already so ancient in the 14th and 15th centuries, that the Aztecs called it the "Place of Creation" and believed it was where the gods created the universe.
What is Teotihuacan?
Also known as the "feathered serpent", this deity led the Mexica people to lake Texcoco.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
This person was the last Tlatoani.
Who is Moctezuma II?
Massive stone heads are a defining feature of this civilization.
Who are the Olmec?
This civilization developed many different varieties of potatoes and used terrace farming for its agricultural production.
Who are the Inca?