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City founded in the Texcoco lake after an eagle was seen sitting on a cactus eating a snake.
What is Tenochtitlan?
These were driven into the ground to stop Tenochtitlan from sinking whilst being built.
What are wooden pylons?
Many Mesoamerican civilisations participated in this bloody ritual.
What is human sacrifice?
The Aztec Empire was located in what is now this country
What is Mexico?
The religion that the Spanish forced onto the Mesoamericans
What is catholicism?
This Inca city is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.
What is Machu Pichu?
The Aztecs built these structures to bring fresh water into the city.
What is an aqueduct?
This sacred substance was used by both the Maya and the Aztecs in rituals to represent the life force of the gods
What is blood?
The Maya lived on this peninsula in Mexico, famous for its jungles
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
The disease that infected the Aztec empire during the Spanish conquest
What is smallpox?
The Maya discovered this mathematical concept
What is zero?
A floating garden used by the Aztecs for growing crops
What is a chinampa?
The Aztec god of the sun
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
This modern-day country was the heart of the Inca Empire
What is Peru?
This Aztec leader was captured by the Spanish
Who is Moctezuma II?
The Inca used this system of knotted strings to keep records
What is quipu?
Nezahualcoyotl is known for designing this structure in Lake Texcoco.
What is a dike?
The Inca often sacrificed this type of person who they considered to be the 'most pure'
What are children?
This famous ancient Maya city is home to the Temple of Kukulkan
What is Chichen Itza?
Francisco Pizzaro conquered this Mesoamerican empire
What are the Inca?
The Maya created this type of calendar, which was incredibly accurate and based on a 365-day cycle
What is the Haab’ calendar?
This temple was the centerpiece of Tenochtitlan.
What is Templo Mayor?
The Maya creator god
Who is Itzamna?
The lake in which Tenochtitlan was built
What is Lake Texcoco?
The conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortes?