Locations
The mayan civilization was located where?
Yucatan Peninsula
Moctezuma II
Mayans created what with scientific knowledge
What does cuzco, machu picchu, and quito have in common?
Inca communities
What did he-who-sees-everything do?
Tax collector / matchmaker
Present-day Mexico
How would you describe the aztec government?
Single ruler
The tallest and most important buildings in the mmaya cities are?
Temples/Pyramids
What did moctezume and atahualpa have in common?
They both were taken hostage and were spanish explorers.
How were the inca able to farm on the hillside?
Cut terraces into the land
Something unusal about the aztec capital tenochtitlan?
Build on an island
Who was Sapa Inca?
The Sole ruler of Inca empire
A word that describes the aztec before they built their empire:
Wanderers
What animal played an important role in inca culture?
LLAMA
Aztec were best known as:
Fierce Warriors
What region did the Inca rule?
Pacific coast of south america
Who led the spanish invasion of the Aztec empire?
Hernan Cortes
Inca stonework was impressive because:
they didnt use mortar
What did the Inca use quipu for?
To record information
Two adjectives best describe the way the aztec and inca first greeted the spanish?
Curious/Friendly
Which mountain range runs through the middle of the inca empire?
A reason that the spaniards were able to quickly conquer the aztec and inca empires?
Spanish had more forces/out numbered natives
Structures that archaeologists would find among the ruins of a maya city
Why did the Aztec rage war so often?
Needed humans for sacrifices
How were the inca able to farm on hillsides?
Cut terraces into the land