Family Life
Religion
Class Structure
Agriculture
Development
100

In this Empire, a woman could ask for a divorce. 

The Aztecs

100

This is the word for believing in more than one god. 

Polytheism. 

100

What was the name of the Incan emperor?

Sapa Inca.

100

This type of agriculture wore out the soil. 

Slash-and-burn

100

What did Aztec legend say they would see when they found the place to make their empire?

An eagle on a cactus with a snake in its beak.

200

In this Incan ward, people may have different tasks and jobs. 

Allyu

200

What did the Aztecs practice to give power to their gods?

Sacrifice (human and otherwise)

200

Why do we place class structures on a pyramid?

Because there are less people at the top and the biggest group at the bottom. 

200

The most important crop for the Maya and the Aztecs 

Corn
200
What allowed the Maya to create permanent settlements?

Farming

300

The Maya first gave girls tools for what at their 3-month-old ceremony?

Spinning and weaving

300

Incan women who would leave to study were called...

Chosen Women

300

What are the 3 groups of Maya nobles?

Priests

Government officials

Military leaders

300

The most important crop for the Inca

Potatoes

300

According to legend from this empire, the tribe began when the sun god's son rose from Lake Titicaca.

The Inca

400

Aztec commoner boys would typically go to school to do what?

Become a soldier.

400

What Aztec game represented the days on their calendar?

Patolli

400

True or False: The position of emperor was hereditary.

False, the new emperor was chosen by a group of advisors. 
400

When practicing this type of agriculture, "steps" are carved in the side of a mountain. 

Terraces. 

400

During this time period, the Maya abandoned their cities in the southern lowlands. 

The Post-Classic Period

500

Maya couples would live at the wife's parents home after this event. 

Their wedding. 

500
Many Mesoamerican groups believed priests practiced "divination". What does that mean they did?

Told the future. 

500

This group of Incan nobles were relatives of the Sapa Inca

Capac Inca

500

Farmers in the Aztec society were lent the land. Peasants...

were hired by nobles. 
500
The Maya adopted ideas from what other Mesoamerican group?

The Olmecs

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