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Who Am I...
100
Location of Maya civilization...
Where is the Yucatan Peninsula?
100
Where did the Aztec build the capital of their civilization?
In Tenochtitlan in present-day Mexico.
100
Animal played an important role in the life and culture of the Inca...
What is a Llama?
100
The practice of believing in more than one god.
What is Polytheism?
100
Had a fully written language system using glyphs to represent words..
Who are the Maya?
200
You are hiking through the dense jungle of Guatemala and stumble upon the ruins of a Maya city, you will most like;y see...
What are Pyramids or Ball Courts?
200
Type of farming the Aztecs used
What are chinampas?
200
What mountain range runs through the middle of the Inca Empire?
Andes Mountains
200
A farming technique where the land on sides of mountains are cut to create even surfaces...
What are Terraces?
200
Used bridges and causeways to travel from their city to the valley.
Who are the Aztecs?
300
The type of farming the Maya did was drastically different than the Aztecs and Incas. The Maya adapted to their environment and were able to grow crops using this method...
What is slash and burn agriculture?
300
Spanish conquistador responsible for the demise of the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortez?
300
Modern day countries the Inca ruled...
Where is Ecuador, Peru, Chile?
300
Word for People that are native to the land
What is Indigenous?
300
The capital of this civilization was Cuzco..
Who are the Incas?
400
The reason why the Maya's dissapeared
No one truly knows, but most likely drought
400
Last Emperor of the Aztecs
Who is Monteczuma II?
400
Who conquered the Incas?
Francisco Pizzaro
400
The reasons for Spanish to conquer these territories (3 words)
What is God, Gold, Glory?
400
Civilization of the Americas that invented the number zero..
Who are the Maya?
500
This was the only ancient civilization to have a fully written language system using _________ to represent words
glyphs
500
One reason the Aztecs waged war so often was...
Who is prisoners for human sacrifice?
500
Event happened to the Incas that made them vulnerable for being conquered..
What is Civil War?
500
The Maya used this as payment & trade....
What are cocao beans & or cowrie shells?
500
This civilization is known as the ____ and royal messengers who transported quipu's (a device of knotted strings) were called____
Who are the Inca?