Maya
Inca
Aztec
Spanish
Misc.
100
This was the ancient Maya ball game that pitted the forces of good against the forces of evil.
What is pok-ta-pok?
100
This was the ruler of the Inca Empire.
What is the Sapa Inca or the Son of the Sun?
100
The reason why Aztecs went to war.
What is to get prisoners for human sacrifice?
100
This disease killed hundreds of thousands natives in the Americas.
What is smallpox?
100
The word for an accordion-style book created by the Aztecs.
What is a codex?
200
The system of writing developed by the Maya.
What are hieroglyphs?
200
This was an Inca matchmaker and tax collector that used a quipu to keep records.
What is He-Who-Sees-Everything?
200
The sign of where the Aztecs were to build their empire in Mexico (HINT: animal).
What is an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth?
200
The Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortez?
200
This is the what the Aztec were before they settled down and built their empire.
What is nomadic?
300
To show that religion was important, the Maya created and built these.
What are religious calendars, pyramids, temples?
300
This was the most important animal to the Inca.
What is the llama?
300
The capital of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlán?
300
The Spanish conquistador who defeated the Incas.
Who is Francisco Pizzáro?
300
These are some similarities between the Maya and Aztec religions.
What are pyramids/temples and human sacrifice?
400
The Maya created a 365 day and religious one of these.
What are calendars?
400
The mountain range that runs through the Inca Empire.
What are the Andes Mountains?
400
The Aztec empire had several cities that were independent political states called these.
What are city-states?
400
The name of the Sapa Inca who was tricked and executed by the Spanish.
Who is Atahualpa?
400
This is what conquistador means in English.
What is conqueror?
500
The Mayan sacred book was called this.
What is the Popul Vuh?
500
The Inca developed this system for farming on steeper hillsides.
What is terraced farming?
500
The leader of the Aztec people at the time of the Spanish.
Who is Montezuma II?
500
These are the 3 reasons/advantages the Spanish had over the natives of America.
What are disease (smallpox), military technology, unrest among the natives?
500
The Inca had a record keeping system that was a rope with several knots in it called this.
What is a quipu?
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