Geography
During the Ice Age the oceans froze forming this.
What is the land bridge?
I had only 500 soldiers and a few horses but was able to conquer a major city in Mesoamerica.
Who was Cortez
This black volcanic glass can be used by eye surgeons today as well as weapons of war long ago.
What is obsidian
Who could imagine finding one of these buried in the mud but there were 17 of them.
What are the Olmec Big Heads
When the earth tilted toward the sun and warmed up the earth it brought an end to this
What is the ice age?
This empire ran over 4,000 miles from Ecuador in the north to Chile in the south.
Who are the Inca's?
Only 3 volume of this remain today but it it helpful in understanding the meanings of the Mayan hieroglyphics.
What is the codex?
This was often used as money in the Mayan empire but also makes a good drink on a cold day.
What are coco beans?
To please the sun gods over 20,000 of these took place once.
What are blood sacrifices
The Spanish brought this disease to the new world which killed over 20 million Aztec's , ending their empire.
What is smallpox?
This city was considered the heart of the Incan empire.
What is Cuzco.
This Mayan achievement changed the world of math forever.
What is zero.
Stings of different colors with multiple knots helped keep track of sales of goods and other things.
What is a quipu?
He tried to outwit and kill us with a devious plan and his army of over 80,000. But we had 3 'weapons' he had never seen before.
What are guns, germs and steel?
This earliest Mesoamerican civilization ended abruptly. We don't know why but perhaps a clue can be found in their heads.
What is the Olmec civilization?
Located in the valley of Mexico at 7500 feet above sea level a floating city was built the middle of this shallow lake.
What is Lake Texcoco?
These floating gardens made of sticks and mud allowed this kingdom to have a constant food supply
What are Chinampas?
Winning at this sporting event and not be a human sacrifice if you lost required the players to
What is put the ball through the ring?
"Floating Mountains" was the Aztec term for this as it approached their coastline
What are ships?
This Aztec leader suffered a mysterious death. The question is, who killed him, the Spanish or his own people.
Who was Moctezuma?
This was the first urban in the Americas with a population of 25,000, complete with paved streets and many temples
What is Monte Alben
Our calendar was designed to reach the year of 2012 but our civilization died off by 900 AD.
Who are the Mayans?
The Inca's used this farming technique to grow crops and control the flow of water.
What is terraced farming?
A crop that Europeans had never seen was first grown in Mesoamerica and today it helps feed the world.
What is corn?
This Incan leader was kidnapped and strangled to death by the Spanish after he gave them a room full of gold and silver.
Who is Althualpa