Conquistadors!
Name the three G's that the Conquistadors were after
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
The ancestors of the Native Americans arrived via this land bridge
What is the Bering strait?
This culture's Long Count Calendar was thought to foretell the end of the world!
Who are the Maya?
The Aztecs received this sign from their God as the place to build their city?
What is a Eagle clutching a snake on a cactus?
In this cross between soccer and basketball, the losing team would be sacrificed
What is the mesoamerican ballgame?
True or False: in eastern woodland society, the richest man gave away the most stuff
True
This leader opened the gates of his city to Hernan Cortes
Who is Montezuma the Second?
The 1st advanced culture in Mesoamerica were named the...(hint: think giant stone heads)
Who are the Olmecs
This word means corn
What is maize?
This organ was removed during human sacrifice
What is the heart?
In the mesoamerican ballgame, players were only allowed to use this bodypart to hit the ball
what are the hips
True or false: Matrilineal societies trace their ancestry through the mother
true
Although Cortez had guns and cannons, this microscopic killer did much of the work in reducing the population of the Aztecs
What is Smallpox?
This word means to worship many different Gods/Goddesses
What is polytheism?
These three crops are called the Three Sisters of Mesoamerica
What are maize, squash, and beans?
This conquistador destroyed the Aztec empire?
Who is Hernan Cortez?
In this society, boys were warriors from birth
Who are the Aztecs?
This ancient Native American society was located in the Southwest and built houses out of the moutainside
Who are the Anasazi?
This word means conqueror
What is a Conquistador?
This society was considered the most advanced of all Mesoamerican cultures
Who were the Maya?
This word means that the control of the kingdom passes to the oldest son
What is hereditary?
This society's calendar system contained knowledge of the number zero
Who are the Maya?
In this society, women could not own property or enter into contracts
Who are the Aztecs?
Another name for Mississippian Indian society was
What are Mound builders?
When the Aztecs saw the sign of the cross, they mistakenly thought it signalled the return of what God?
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
Name the two main Mayan calendars
What is the solar calendar and the religious calendar?
This material was used as a dagger during ritual sacrifice (hint: volcanoes)
What is obsidian?
This fierce and war-like society was thought to be one of the reasons for the decline of the Maya
Who are the Toltecs?
This society believed that everyday was a living God who needed blood in order to allow the Sun to rise each day
The Aztecs
The largest mound city was located in
What is Cahokia?
alternate answer: what is east st.louis?
Cortez first landed in this area in modern day Mexico
What is Veracruz?
The currency of this culture was cacao beans
Who were the Maya?
Name one other method of worshipping the Gods the Maya had other than sacrifice?
What are offerings of food, milk, and incense?
To remove the heart during ritual sacrifices, the priest entered through what area of the human body?
What is the stomach/diaphram?
These people were the first to inhabit Puerto Rico
Who are the Taino indians?
What collection of Native American groups are known as the Five Nations?
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
This guy landed in modern day Haiti and never set foot in America. Yet is still credited with discovering an inhabited continent.
Who is Christopher Columbus? real name Cristobal Colon
This drink was made with pepper and other spices, typically served hot and was a traditional Mayan drink
What is hot chocolate?
The Mayan's writing were contained in books called
What is a Codex?
This city was the capital of the Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan?
This was the European name given to the Caribbean
What are the Greater Antilles?
This Native American tribe was located in Western Massachusetts? (hint: think the town of...)
Who are the Agawam?