Geography
Mexico is located in which continent?
North America
Why were they called "The Mother Civilization"
What is they were the first civilization and directly influenced all other civilizations.
Which city houses over 100,000 people?
is Tikal
The game that used a heavy rubberball that was only touched by using the hips, shoulders, and elbows?
is Ulama?
What was the role of the women?
is to stay at home and do the chores around the house?
What did the ancient people of Mesoamerica carve statues out of?
is jade
What was their main duty?
is farmers
What are aqueducts?
are support structures that carry water?
What was their economy based on
is farming
What was the main crop of the Maya and Olmec?
is Maize?
How is basalt and obsidian formed
basalt lava cooling slowly and obsidian lava cooling quickly
What three things did the Olmec develop?
is calendar, number system, and a form of writing
What type of ruins can be seen today?
is observatories, palaces, plazas, reservoirs, or artifical lakes?
Who had to pay taxes to the Aztecs?
is people from the conquered areas?
What type of information did the codex have written in it?
is information about predicting the future?
What mountain ranges line the coasts of Mexico
is Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental
What did archaeologist believed happened to the Olmec?
is migrated east
What did the Maya believe the cenotes were used for
is to communicate with the gods?
Who came in and overtook the Aztecs?
is Hernan Cortez?
The Maya used two different calendars for what?
is solar seasons and sacred rites?
What did Cenotes provide to the people?
is fresh drinking water
What four animals did the sculptures have in them?
are jaguars, eagles, snakes, and sharks?
What type of government did the Maya have and what is it?
is Theocracy and the rule was god given?
How did the Aztecs use alliances to build their empire?
is they were formed in order to help conquer other cities.
The Maya civilization might have disappreared because of what
is invasion, crop failures, or even civil war?