Mayas
The Mayas were located on the Yucatan Peninsula near what non-oceanic body of water?
Gulf of Mexico
The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was founded after an Eagle landed on a ______
Cactus
One of the two popular Incan Cities were ______
Cusco/Machu Picchu
The first people to populate the American continents were from ________
Asia
Christopher Columbus was born in _______, but moved to spain later in his life.
Italy
The Mayans took most of their ideas from the previous mesoamerican tribe, the ________
Olmecs
The Aztecs were located in modern day central __________
Mexico
The Incas built their cities in what mountains?
Andes
The land bridge where the first humans crossed into the americas was called _______
Beringia/Land Bridge
DAILY DOUBLE: What country turned down Columbus's idea to sail west to find a new route to Asia?
Portugal
Overpopulation led to _______ resources in the Mayan civilization.
Scarce
In 1519 _______ met with the Aztec leader Montezuma II
Hernan Cortez
Instead of horses, the Incas used ______ to pack heavy objects
Llamas
Native Americans often believed that dying by _______ kept their soul trapped on Earth.
Fire
The Spanish brought what deadly disease to the Native Americans?
Smallpox
______ was the name of the Mayan rubber ball game.
Pok ta Pok
________ is what the roads leading to the Aztec capital were called.
Causeways
DAILY DOUBLE: The _______ language included using rope as a communication method.
Quipu
The last major _____ _____ caused the first Native Americans to be able to cross over from the old world.
Ice Age
Finish the sentence: Hernán Cortes:Aztecs as Francisco Pizarro:______
Incas
_______ was often seen as a privilege to the mayans rather than a punishment.
Sacrifice
______ was the year the Aztec Empire came to an end.
1521
Who invaded and destroyed the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
History was recorded orally until ________
Answers vary: Written Language
Name the three G's that motivated spanish conquest.
God, Glory, Gold