Aztec Empire
Maya Empire
Vocabulary
Inca Empire
Extra
100

What caused the Aztecs defeat?

Disease or animal attack 


disease

100

What was one of the Mayans inventions?

Astronomy, math, or architecture

100


What was the capital of the Incas?

Cuzco

100

Inca Leader who was captured


Cortez or Atahualpha

Who was Atahualpha?

100
Leader of the Spanish invasion of Inca lands
Who was Francisco Pizzarro?
200
Human
What sacrifices did the Aztec Empire make?
200

Made farming difficult but provided resources

The jungle/forests

200

Spanish soldiers

What are conquistadors?

200
Masonry or stonework
What were Incas expert at?
200
Buildings used to study astronomy
What were observatories?
300

Who led the invasion of the Aztecs

Montezuma or Hernan Cortes

Hernan Cortes

300

What caused the decline of the Mayans?

Drought, warfare, or rebellion from the inside

300

Raised roads across water/wet lands


canal or causeway

What is a causeway?

300
They used quipas always told stories of their ancestors
How did the Incas preserve history?
300
Labor tax system used by the Incas
What was a Mita?
400


What was one of the Aztecs inventions?

Chocolate, Gum, or Popcorn

400


Did the Mayans make human sacrifices?

yes

400

Corn, crop grown by Mayans

What is Maize?

400
Quencha
What was the Incas language?
400
Civilization that is in modern day peru
What was the Mayan Empire?
500

What was the capitol of the Aztec Empire?


Tenochtitlan or Corzo

Tenochtitlan

500

What is the famous Mayan game

Pok ta Pok

500

What was a Chinampa?

a weapon or a floating garden

Floating Gardens

500
It connected the empire together
Why was the Inca road system important?
500
Civilization that built the city of Tenochtitlan
What was the Aztec civilization?
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