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Aztec 2
100
A supercontinent that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
What is Pangea.
100
Standing almost 10 feet high and weighing 8 tons, this item is an identifying mark of the Olmec people.
Colossal stone heads.
100
The Mayan Civilization occupied this part of Mexico. What was it called?
What is the Yucatan Peninsula.
100
What famous Inca city was located high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu.
100
The Aztecs made their home on what lake.
What is Lake Texcoco.
100
Name of the highest navigable lake in the world.
What is Lake Titicaca
100
This line divides the Earth into north and south sections.
What is the equator.
100
Slightly salty, mixture of salt and fresh water.
What is brackish.
200
The river that divides the United States from Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande.
200
The Olmec created the game, Poc-a-Toc, where players used this item to score points.
A rubber ball (called an ulli).
200
The Maya made significant advances in mathematics. Included the use of this number.
What is zero.
200
Messages were encoded on a string with a series of knots on this type of device used by message runners.
What is Quipus.
200
To make land Aztec used an old farming technique to create floating islands called.
What is chinampas.
200
A political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land.
What is city-state.
200
To find an exact location on Earth you use these two lines.
What is Latitude and Longitude.
200
Tenochtitalan was connected to the mainland by three of these.
What is causeways.
300
The land bridge that the first people crossed into North America.
What is Beringia.
300
Arranged in order of rank, the Olmec created this type of society.
What is hierarchical society.
300
This metamorphic rock was prized for its preciousness, beauty, and connection to the gods.
What is Jade.
300
This was used for official Inca business and connected the entire empire. It was called the Qhapaq Ñan (co• pac• nyan).
What is the road system.
300
The Aztec city was divided into four zones called.
What is Campans.
300
Name of this colorful bird kept at the Aztec Zoo.
What is Quetzal.
300
Every map needs a title, a north arrow, a scale, and __________.
What is a legend or key.
300
Chocolate, avocado, guacamole, coyote, axolotl, chipotle, jalapeno, are all words from this Aztec language.
What is Nahuatl.
400
This mountain range is located on the western side of South America.
What is the Andes mountains.
400
Olmec name comes from the Aztec word, "Olmecatl", which has this meaning.
What is the Rubber People.
400
This book was made from fig tree bark and bound with jaguar skin. Only four are known to exist today. They are called this name.
What is codices.
400
Quipus and other fiber objects were made from yarn spun from what type of wool fiber?
What is Alpaca.
400
What was the name of this temple.
What is the Temple Mayor.
400
This type of farming technique was use to crow crops in the mountain sides
What is terraces.
400
This line passes through Greenwich, England and divides the Earth into east and west.
What is the Prime Meridian.
400
A system in which one person from a ruling family has unlimited powers.
What is Absolute Monarchy
500
This mountain range is located in Eastern Mexico.
What is the Sierra Madre Oriental.
500
Name one theory about why the Olmec disappeared.
What is: the water supply may have been cut off, volcanic activity wiped them out, or cultural strife with other groups of people.
500
What kind of writing was found on stone slabs, sculptures, and pottery in the Mayan Civilization?
What is Hieroglyphs.
500
The doorways in Machu Picchu were thought to be structurally sound during earthquakes. They were made in this shape.
What is trapezoid.
500
Art was important to the Aztecs. What did they call dancing.
What is singing with your feet.
500
Artificial channels that moved water from mountain springs into the city’s mainland to provide fresh water to the people.
What is aqueducts.
500
German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift and Pangea hypothesis.
Who is Alfred Wegner.
500
The right side of this temple was painted red for this god.
Who is Huizilopochtli, the god of sun and war.