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100
This Aztec city was built near Lake Texcoco
What is Tenochtitlan?
100
He was emperor during the height of the Aztec empire.
Who was Montezuma II?
100
The Inca lived in what is now ___________
What is Peru?
100
An Inca counting tool
What is a quipu?
100
Name the landmark and country:
Statue of Liberty in the USA
200
Tenochtitlan is the site of this modern city
What is Mexico City?
200
This Spanish explorer arrived in the Aztec Empire in 1519.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
200
Under this ruler the Inca conquered all of Peru
Who was Pachacuti?
200
List some Inca medical advances
What are:
quinine to cure fevers, brain surgery, blood transfusions
200
Name the landmark and country: (not the pyramids)
The Sphinx in Egypt
300
This enabled the Aztecs to grow crops including corn, squash, and chili peppers.
What is the chinamapas?
300
Explain why the Aztec empire fell.
The Spanish were well armed and unknowingly brought diseases with them that the Aztecs had no immunity to.
300
The Inca developed in this mountain range.
What are the Andes mountains?
300
Describe the geography of the central Andes and how it affected agriculture.
The region is high and steep. So Incan farmers had to build terraces to make the land usable for growing crops.
300
Name the country and landmark:
Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia
400
These three classes formed Aztec society.
What are the nobles, the intermediate class, and the commoners?
400
Explain the challenges that the Aztecs faced when they settled in the Valley of Mexico.
Most of the land was already taken, they had to find a place to live where they could grow food.
400
Explain the Inca system of government.
They divided their subjects into family groups to control them more easily.
400
Explain the significance of Francisco Pizarro
He captured and later executed the Incan leader, Atahualpa. This marked the beginning of the decline of the Inca Empire.
400
Name the landmark and country
Taj Mahal in India
500
Explain the role that religion played in Aztec life.
Religion dominated the lives of the Aztecs; they had about 1,000 gods; they used a calendar to schedule religious ceremonies and sacrifices.
500
Explain the purposes of the two Aztec calendars.
The religious calendar was used to plan ceremonies and the farming calendar was used to plan the planting and harvesting of crops.
500
Explain the benefits of the Inca civilization developing in the Andes Mountains.
answers will vary.
500
What are some disadvantages when a culture passes its history on orally?
People may not have an accurate knowledge of their history because it gets changed or forgotten as it is passed from person to person.
500
Name the landmark and city
Watts Towers in Los Angeles