Olmec
This ancient group was thriving from 1200 BCE until about this year.
What is 200 BCE
This Aztec Emperor was taken hostage by the Spanish.
Who was Moctezuma?
The most important city in the Inca Empire was _______________.
The Mayan civilization was located in the Central American ___________________.
What is the rainforest?
The Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans all had _______________ religions.
What is polytheistic?
They are the first known established culture in ______________.
What is Mexico?
This Spanish Conquistador defeated the Aztecs in 1521.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
The Incas were the first society to cultivate the ___________ plant.
What was Cacao?
Major cities of the Mayans included Chichen Itza and ___________.
What was Tikal?
Most Aztecs and Incas were killed by _________________ or warfare with the Spanish
What is disease?
They are known for these unusually large statues.
Giant stone heads.
The Aztecs built an elaborate capital on a lake with floating gardens called ________________.
What were Chinampas?
The Inca were conquered by this man in 1532.
Who was Francisco Pizzaro?
The Mayans are known for their accurate _________.
What is a calendar?
The countries of modern day Guatemala, Belize and Honduras are still populated by descendants of this group.
What are the Maya?
Historians trace almost all Mesoamerican ______________ back to the Olmecs.
What are tribes or groups?
The Aztecs were located in an arid valley in central ______________.
What is Mexico?
The Inca civilization flourished along these mountains.
What are the Andes mountains?
The Mayans created a number system using glyphic writing that included this number.
What is a zero?
The Zapotecs of Mesoamerica were known as great ____________.
Two of the most important Olmec city centers were San Lorenzo and _________________.
What is La Venta?
The Aztecs used force to unify neighboring city-states into a large and powerful __________.
What is an empire?
As part of their religious and societal practices, the Incas used this unusual practice that had been unseen before in European societies.
What was cranial deformation?
The Mayans were not one large empire, but were made up of independent ______________ run by kings.
What are city-states?
The Toltecs of Northern Mexico were eventually absorbed by the ______________.
What were the Aztecs?