People
General Vocabulary
Mesoamerica Vocabulary I
Mesoamerican Vocabulary II
Mixed Vocabulary
100
Conquistador who defeated the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
100
The measurement east and west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude?
100
Raised roads over water or wet land.
What are causeways?
100
The Inca capital.
What is Cuzco?
100
Stone-cutting for artistic reasons and construction.
What is masonry?
200
The final king of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Moctezuma II?
200
The typical weather in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
Spanish conquerors who searched the Americas for land, gold, and hoped to convert native people to Christianity.
Who were the Conquistadors?
200
The Aztec capital. The floating city.
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
Resources used to produce a finished product.
What are natural resources?
300
The final king of the Inca Empire.
Who is Atahualpa?
300
A way to explain unknown things.
What is religion?
300
Buildings created in order to study the sky to plan religious festivals and the calendar year. These were built by the Maya.
What are observatories?
300
The largest and most well-known Mayan city.
What is Palenque?
300
Where one place is in comparison to another place.
What is relative location?
400
The conquistador who defeated the Aztec empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
400
The measurement north and south of the equator.
What is latitude?
400
The word for corn used by the Mayans.
What is maize?
400
The ancient writing system on temples and stone walls in Mesoamerica to record history, depict legends, and foretell future events.
What is a glyph?
400
A large amount of land or a group of territories ruled by a single, powerful leader.
What is an empire?
500
The Mayan king who was crowned at the age of 12.
Who is Pacal?
500
The exact spot on Earth where a place can be found.
What is absolute location?
500
Floating gardens created by the Aztec.
What are chinampas?
500
Knotted cords used by the Inca to record numbers and stories.
What are quipos?
500
DOUBLE, TRIPLE JEOPARDY!!! How did the Spanish treat the native people of Mesoamerica? What similarities can be found in the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan cultures? How did the Maya, Aztec, and Inca adapt farming methods to their geographical locations? What role did human sacrifice play in ancient Mesoamerican religion?
Answers may vary - final evaluation determined by Mrs. Woolman! :)
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