Aztecs
What does it mean to pay tribute?
Honoring leaders by giving them items of value. (answers will vary)
What were quipas used for?
Helping to remember information/messages.
In which period where the Mayans at their peak in terms of culture and power?
The Classic period.
What began the expansion of the Incan empire?
The neighboring city attacked them.
Which civilization is associated with the causeway?
Aztec.
True or false: all Aztec men are trained as soldiers
True.
What did the Inca use to hold their empire together?
A network of elaborate roads.
Like the Inca (and the Greeks), what agricultural techniques did the Maya use to farm in the mountains?
Terrace farming.
What are chinampas?
Floating gardens.
Which civilization is associated with chiquas?
Inca.
What was the most important use of the Sacred Round? (Two acceptable answers)
When to plant crops and/or when to attack an enemy.
What crop was unknown to the Maya or Aztecs but was the most popular Inca crop?
The potato.
The home of the wife's parents, where her husband would work for them.
Which civilization was heavily associated with human sacrifice?
The Aztecs.
Which civilization is associated with the matchmaker?
The Maya.
What was one benefit for the Aztecs to settle at Lake Texcoco?
It was very easy to defend.
Much of the land of the Inca Empire is located in what countries today?
Peru and Ecuador.
Which of these modern countries is in the area where Maya civilization originally developed?
Guatamala.
What was the purpose of the skull rack?
To hold the skulls of sacrificed individuals who died during rituals.
Which civilization is associated with Huitzilopochtli?
Aztec.
Who is the halach uinic?
The leader of the Aztecs.
Name two ways the Inca's were able to control their vast empire.
Their royal roads, runners, quipas, etc. (answers will vary)
What was the role of priests and nobles in the Maya civilization?
Could read the holy calendars, led religious ceremonies and rituals, etc. (answers will vary)
What does the crest of the Mexican flag represent? (Eagle with the snake in its mouth)
It was a sign from the gods that told the Aztecs where to settle and build their city.
Which civilization is associated with Cuzco?
Inca.