Modern country home to the Aztec Empire.
What is Mexico?
At the beginning of the Maya classical period, people migrated here from the highlands.
What is Chichen Itza?
The title of the ruler of the Incan empire.
What is Sapa Inca?
The Maya created this, which is renowned for its accuracy, and was used for purposes of religion and even keeping track of times to plant and harvest.
What is the Mayan Calendar?
The methods of expanding the Aztec Empire (2).
What are conquest and tribute?
These are the people who settled in the valley of Mexico.
The Mexica
This was the cause of death of one famous Aztec king after his followers believed him to be weak and incompetent
What is being stoned to death?
The Inca Empire was primarily located in this region of South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The capitals of the Aztec and Inca.
Maya, Inca, and Aztec all practiced this form of religion, which included worshipping many gods.
What is polytheism?
Stonemasons carved perfectly shaped stones for this civilization to help construct earthquake proof buildings.
Who are the Inca?
In the 16th century, these people caused the decline of the Inca and Aztec.
Who are the Spanish conquistadors?
This was the symbol given to the founders of the Aztec when looking to settle.
What is a snake on a cactus?
This Mayan king helped to create the great city of Palenque.
Who is Pacal the great?
The ancient Maya civilization occupied regions that are now part of these countries. (5)
What are Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador?
The Inca and their Chasquis used the extensive network of these to connect their empire.
What are roads and bridges?
Who did the Inca believe their rulers were descended from?
Who is the sun god? (Inti)
In swampy areas, the Aztecs developed these to help grow crops.
What are Chinampas?
The sly Spanish exploited this system against the Aztecs to help conquer the region.
What is the tribute system?
This is one reason why the Maya were not easily conquered by the Spanish.
What is they were a collection of city-states without a singular leader.
Who is Pachacuti?
The lake where the Aztec capital was founded.
Lake Texcoco
The name of Mayan Script and where it can be found.
Hieroglyphs in codices
The name of the Aztec sun god who led them to found the city of Tenochtitlan.
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
This inventive way of using ropes and knots to deliver messages throughout a vast empire is called what and used by whom?
What are quipus used by the Inca?
Who are the Ayamarcas?
This was one of the most powerful weapons of the Spanish.
What is smallpox?
This conquistador killed this Aztec king.
Who are Hernán Cortez and Moctezuma?
The Incan empire was divided into these four.
What are quarters or Suyus?
The Aztecs and Maya practiced this to please their gods.
What is human sacrifice?
The chief god of the Maya who is represented as a feathered serpent and is the creator god as well god of wind, rain, storms and life.
Who is Kulkulkan
The Maya used these fields of study to help develop their civilization.
What are astronomy and mathematics?
This event, caused by the death of Huayna Capac from smallpox, weakened the Inca and left them more vulnerable to the Spanish invasion.
Hint:it was a dispute of succession
What is the Incan Civil War
What are small disunited clans?
This Conquistador killed this Sapa Inca?
Who are Francisco Pizarro and Atahualpa.