Geography
Tenochtitlán was built on what geographical feature?
What is an island on Lake Texcoco?
What did the Aztecs believe the sun god needed?
What is human blood?
(Also acceptable) What are sacrifices?
Who was at the top class in Aztec society?
Who is the emperor?
What brought fresh water to Tenochtitlán?
What disease weakened the Aztecs?
What is smallpox?
What farming method was used in the swampy areas of Lake Texcoco?
What are chinampas?
What was central to the Maya religion?
What is maize?
What kind of alliance helped the Aztecs rule?
Who is the Triple Alliance?
What was the Olmec known for?
What are stone heads of rulers?
Who led the conquest of the Aztecs?
Who are conquistadors?
(Also acceptable) Who is the Spanish?
(Also acceptable) Who is Hernán Cortés?
Which civilization built terraces in the highlands?
What were the wealthy Zapotec buried with?
What is jewelry?
What type of governance did Maya have?
What are independent city-states ruled by kings?
Who created the first writing system in the Americas?
Who are the Zapotec?
What gave the Spanish a significant advantage over the Aztecs?
What is superior weaponry?
(Also acceptable) What is disease?
(Also acceptable) What are horses?
(Also acceptable) Who are native rebels?
What is the geographic significance of the Gulf Coast for the Olmec?
What are fertile rivers?
According to legend, what two things did the Maya gods use to make the Maya people?
What is their blood and maize flower?
Who helped the Aztec kings govern?
Who are the nobles?
What calendar system did the Aztecs use?
What is solar?
What was Spain's primary motivation for conquest in the Americas?
What is gold and silver?
Why feature(s) made Monte Albán’s location advantageous?
What is a high, defensible mountaintop?
What is Huitzilopochtli known as?
Who was at the bottom of the Aztec social structure?
Who were the slaves?
What is by war and collecting tributes?
What revolutionized Mesoamerican settlements?
What is agriculture?