Chronological order of the Mayan civilization in relation to the other major Mesoamerican civilizations.
What is they were first?
100
KING AND QUEEN THAT GRANTED COLUMBUS HIS THREE SHIPS
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
100
LAST AZTEC EMPEROR
Who was Montezuma II?
100
CREATOR OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT GOD
Who was Topilitzin?
100
MOST IMPORTANT GODS OF THE INCA
WHO ARE THE SUN GOD, INTI AND CREATOR GOD, VIRACOCHA?
200
Unique Mayan religious practice
What is the Mayans made blood sacrifices, particularly the King and Queen?
200
EVENT THAT HELPED GET COLUMBUS HIS THREE SHIPS
What is Spanish Reconquista?
200
NAME OF AZTEC CAPITOL
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
EARLY CENTRAL AMERICAN CULTURE KNOWN FOR CARVING GIANT STONE HEADS.
Who are the Olmecs?
200
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF INCA
What is QUECHUA?
300
CODEX THAT CONTAINS THE MAYAN CREATION STORY
What is the Popol Vuh?
300
SPANISH CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCA
WHO WAS FRANCISCO PIZARRO?
300
Floating islands used to grow crops on Lake Texcoco.
What are Chinampas?
300
WARLIKE PREDECESSORS TO THE AZTECS KNOWN FOR PROLIFIC HUMAN SACRIFICE
Who are the Toltecs?
300
SONS OF HUAYNA CAPAC WHO FOUGHT FOR CONTROL OF INCAN EMPIRE
WHO WERE ATAHUALPA AND HUASCAR?
400
TYPES OF TIME KEEPING THE MAYANS USED
What is the Maya employed two calendars, a 260 day religious calendar & and a 365 day solar calendar?
400
SPANISH CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE AZTECS
WHO WAS HERNAN CORTES?
400
Most important Aztec god
Who is the sun god, Huitzilopochtli?
400
IMPACT OF FEATHERED SERPENT GOD ON AZTECS
What is they settled Lake Texcoco because they thought he chose it and they thought a Spanish conquistador was the feathered serpent god?
400
INCAN EMPEROR WHO DIES OF SMALLPOX AFTER VISITING NEWLY-CONQUERED ECUADOR.
WHO WAS HUAYNA CAPAC?
500
THREE THEORIES ON THE MAYAN DECLINE
What is:
1. Internal fighting amongst the city-states.
2. Overpopulation leading to disease and starvation.
3. Over-farming likely destroying farmable land.
500
NAME GIVEN TO THE SPANISH EXPLORERS WHO EXPLORED THE NEW WORLD
What are Conquistadors?
500
REASONS FOR DECLINE OF AZTECS
What is:
1. Spanish use of horses and guns which initially scared the Aztecs and provided major advantages in battle.
2. Recruited enemy tribes to fight with them against the Aztecs.
3. Smallpox and measles decimated Aztec population.
500
FEATHERED SERPENT GOD
Who was Quetzalcoatl?
500
REASONS FOR INCAN DECLINE
What is:
1. INCAN RULER DIES AND SONS FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF EMPIRE.
2. WINNER OF CIVIL WAR IS CAPTURED AND HAS BROTHER ASSASINATED.
3. SPANISH EXECUTE REMAINING INCAN RULER, LEAVING THEM LEADERLESS AND VULNERABLE.