Vocabulary
Maya
Aztecs
Inca
Grab Bag
100
a picture or symbol representing and idea, object, or sound
What is a hieroglyph?
100
the Maya were among the first people in the world to use this mathematical concept
What is zero?
100
the Aztec city Tenochtitlan was located in this modern day city and country
What is Mexico City, Mexico
100
used to record information
What is a quipo?
100
Mr. T's middle name
What is Jagger?
200
a chair attached to two beams and carried on the shoulders of several men
What is a litter?
200
something you may have eaten--a flat bread
What is a tortilla?
200
symbols of the Aztec Empire, still found on the Mexican flag
What are the eagle and cactus?
200
they allowed the Incas to farm on mountainsides
What are terraces?
200
his mountain range runs through the Inca Empire
What are the Andes?
300
a count of the number of people living in a certain area
What is a census?
300
this game would have been played at the court at Chichen Itza
What is pok-ta-pok
300
Aztec priests carried out this gory activity to give their gods strength
What is human sacrifice?
300
sole ruler of the empire
Who was the Sapa Inca?
300
they were wanderers before they built their civilization in Mexico
Who are the Aztecs?
400
the Spanish word for conqueror
What is a conquistador?
400
Mayans were skilled at this celestial science even though they had no telescopes
What is astronomy?
400
the Aztecs grew strong and wealthy by doing this to other people and tribes
What is conquering?
400
Inca tax collector and matchmaker
Who was He-Who-Sees-Everything?
400
the geographic location of the Mayan civilization (hint: a peninsula)
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
500
one of the two days of the year when there is an equal amount of daytime and nighttime
What is equinox?
500
Mayans had two of these, which seems like remembering your birthday would be confusing
What are calendars?
500
the Aztec emperor in the early 1500's
Who was Montezuma II?
500
one of the three Inca achievements of engineering mentioned in the book
What is 1) terraced farmland 2) suspension bridges 3) irrigation systems
500
these two emperors were both taken hostage by Spanish invaders
Who were Atahualpa and Montezuma?
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