Maya
The location of the Maya Empire.
Where is Mesoamerica?
The modern-day country where a majority of the Aztec empire was located.
Where is Mexico?
The modern-day continent where the Inca civilization was located.
Where is South America?
A word that means "disagreement or argument"
What is a quarrel?
The who or what of a sentence.
What is the subject?
The system of writing used by the Maya to record information.
What are glyphs?
The capital city of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The Inca capital city known as "The City of Gold."
What is Cuzco?
The material that fleece is made out of.
What is wool (typically from sheep or alpaca)?
Another way to phrase "what the whole thing is about."
What is main idea?
The material the Maya believed people were made of according to myth.
What is corn?
How the Aztec empire expanded so quickly.
What is constantly waging war?
One reason that led to the decline of the Inca empire.
What is disease brought by Spanish conquistadors?
What is a quarrel between two brothers?
What is the explorers killing one brother for treasure?
A word meaning "noticeably different".
What is distinct?
The system used by the Inca and Aztec to forcibly collect resources/wealth from the people.
What is a tribute system?
What are taxes?
An agricultural technique used by the Maya that involved cutting down trees and burning them to create fertile land.
What is slash-and-burn?
The gardens the Aztecs built in order to farm on top of Lake Texcoco.
What are chinampas?
The system created by the Inca to navigate and carry messages through the mountains.
What is a superior network of roads?
One of two possible definitions for the word "game."
What is a sport or activity played for fun?
What is an animal that is hunted?
Buildings that are typically built for religious practices/ceremonies.
What are temples/pyramids?
One possible reason for the decline of the Maya empire.
What is epidemic/disease?
What is drought?
The last name of the Spanish explorer credited with causing the decline of the Inca.
Who is Cortes?
The last name of the Spanish conqueror credited with the decline of the Inca empire.
Who is Pizzaro?
A word that refers to a natural well formed by a sinkhole.
What is a cenote?
One thing, besides their buildings, that all three civilizations had in common when it came to practicing religion.
What is having multiple gods and ceremonies?