Mayan History Part I
The Mayan people lived in which two regions?
What are Central and South America
What was the purpose of Mayan pyramids?
They pyramids had a religious purpose - they were built to serve the gods.
The Aztecs settled in the Valley of _____?
What is Mexico?
What was the capital city of the Inca Empire? It was 10,000 feet above sea level!
What is Cuzco?
All three civilizations made _____, or offerings, to the Gods.
The Mayan government was organized into _____?
What are city-states
The Mayans made sculptures called a _____.
What is a stela.
What food was the most important for the Aztecs?
What is corn?
What animals were most important for the Inca Civilization?
What are alpacas and llamas?
All civilizations lived mostly in which continent?
What is South America?
What types of gods did Mayans believe in?
Nature gods - rain, sun, fire, lightning, etc.
Why did the Mayans go to war a lot?
They did not have enough water or land.
Tenochtitlan was the ________ city of the Aztec Empire.
What is the capital city?
What's the name of the most famous Incan landmark?
What is Machu Picchu?
All three worshipped (one, two, three, or many) gods?
Many
The job of the Mayan priests was to ____?
Make sure the gods like the people.
Name one type of weapon the Mayans used.
Long distance weapons like blow guns, spears, bows and arrows, bees and hornets, etc.
What was the names of a) the conquistador and b) the final king of the Aztec Empire?
Incan religion was poly_____?
What is theistic?
Both the Aztec and Inca (but not the Maya) faced ____ brought from conquistadores.
What are diseases?
The Mayans used an advanced writing system called _____?
What are hieroglyphics?
Why did the Mayan civilization fall?
Nobody knows for sure!
The gods of ____ and ____ were the most important in the Aztec Civilization.
What is the name of the mountain range the Incas lived in?
Name a similarity between the wars that these three civilizations had?
They all used long-range weapons and they all had very strong militaries.