Maya
Aztec
Inca
Maya, Aztec, Inca
Vocabulary
100
Where the Maya civilization was located
What is in and around the Yucatan Peninsula?
100
This is where the Aztec built the capital of their civilization
What is Tenochtitlan?
100
These are some of the modern day countries the Inca ruled
What are Ecuador, Peru, and Chile?
100
This is the word for people that are native to the land
What is indigenous?
100
Chinampa means
What is a floating garden?
200
These structures are what an archaeologist would most likely find among the ruins of a Maya city
What are Pyramids or Ball Courts?
200
He was the Spanish conquistador responsible for the demise of the Aztecs
Who was Hernan Cortez?
200
This mountain range runs through the middle of the Inca Empire
What are the Andes Mountains?
200
This civilization invented the number zero
Who were the Maya?
200
This was a recording device made of knotted strings that was used by the Inca Empire
What is quipu?
300
This is what the Maya believed the gods needed to keep the world alive.
What are sacrifices?
300
The Aztec expanded their city and farmed on the lake by building these floating gardens.
What are chinampas?
300
This caused the Incas to be vulnerable to being conquered before the Spanish arrived.
What is a Civil War?
300
Red color represents what?
Pink color represents what?
Purple color represents what?
What is Aztec?
What is Maya?
What is Inca?
300
This is a picture of what?
Which Empire built these?
What is a suspension bridge?
Who are the Incas?
400
The reason why the Maya disappeared.
What is (most likely) drought?
400
Official spoken language of the Aztecs
What is Nahuatl?
400
He conquered the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
400
This is the practice of believing in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
400
This was the official Language of Incas
What is Quechua?
500
The Maya were the only ancient civilization to have a fully written language system using these to represent words
What are glyphs?
500
The Aztec capital city was built upon Lake ______
What is Texcoco?
500
This was the capital of the Incas
What is Cuzco?
500
This is a farming technique where the land on sides of mountains are cut to create even surfaces
What is terrace farming?
500
This was the ruler of the Incas?
Who is Sapa Inca?