The Olmec
The Aztec
The Maya
The Inca and North America
Miscellaneous
100
This bean was prepared with chili peppers and maize. Was used in rituals and ceremonies.
What is cacao
100
The act of eating the flesh of a warrior to gain their strength.
What is cannibalism/human sacrifice?
100
Describe pok-a-tok
What is a ball game where you must throw a ball into a stone ring using only your hips, knees, and elbows. The losing captain would be sacrificed to the gods.
100
A high protein grain native to the Andes mountains.
What is quinoa?
100
What college did Mr. Z attend?
What is Maryville University?
200
The three sisters
What are maize, squash, and beans?
200
Name this city:
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
The name of the writing system of the Maya.
What are glyphs?
200
A kind of clay that when dried, is used as a building material.
What is adobe?
200
Which South American country is Mr.Z's family from?
What is Bolivia?
300
The purpose of these heads...
What is it is a mystery?
or
What is to honor their leaders?
300
A system of floating farms built over lake texcoco.
What are chinampas?
300
The book about the creation story of the Maya.
What is the Popol Vuh?
300
The Spanish conquistador who brought an end to the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
300
How many sports do we offer here at Maze Middle School?
What is seven sports?
400
The region "between" North and South America
What is Mesoamerica?
400
The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec
Who is Hernan Cortes?
400
Sharp volcanic glass used to make tools and weapons.
What is obsidion?
400
A tribe that lived in the forests of the present-day states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Who are the Cherokee?
400
Hawk PRIDE stands for....
P ___
R ___
I ___
D ___
E ___
What is personal responsibility, respect, integrity, determined, empowered?
500
"The city of the gods"
What is Teotihuacan?
500
"He who would change the world" or "Earthshaker". United the Inca empire.
Who is Pachacuti?
500
The leader of an Islamic Empire
What is a caliph?