Maya
How many different calendars did the Maya have?
Three
What did the Aztecs believe human sacrifice helped keep moving across the sky?
The Sun
In what modern-day country was the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán located?
Mexico
What did the Aztecs build chinampas for?
To grow crops on the lake surface
A Mayan glyph carved into a temple wall is a secondary source. True or False
False- secondary sources are things made after an event
How many days were in the Mayan solar calendar (Haab’)?
365 days
What part of the body was often removed during Aztec sacrifices to honour the gods?
The Heart
The Maya civilization was mainly located in which region of Central America?
Yucatan Peninsula
What was the biggest food for the Aztecs?
Maize (corn)
Two different types
What was the sacred 260-day Mayan calendar called?
Tzolkin
On which temple in Tenochtitlán did large-scale Aztec sacrifices occur?
The Templo Mayor
What major lake was Tenochtitlán built on?
Lake Texcoco
What plant did the Aztecs use to make chocolate?
Cacao plant
What deadly factor helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs besides weapons?
How did the Mayans record long periods of time beyond the calendar round?
The Long Count calendar
What animal led the Aztecs to the location of their future capital, Tenochtitlán?
An eagle, eating a snake on a cactus
Which empire was furthest south: Aztec, Maya or Inca
Inca
What materials were used to build the base of chinampas?
Mud, reeds, and sticks
Who was the Aztec emperor when the Spanish arrived?
Montezuma II
In what year was the Mayan calendar said to have finished?
2012
The Aztecs believed human blood fed which god of the sun and war?
Huitzilopochtli
What two features of daily life in Tenochtitlan?
Busy marketplace
Busy canals with people in canoes
Cacao beans were so valuable in Aztec society that they were used as what?
Money
The people who conquered the Aztecs were known as what?
Conquistadors