Maya
Aztec
Inca
Accomplishments
Vocabulary
100

The Maya created them based on observations of the sun only with their eyes.

What is an accurate calendar?

100

The trait the Aztec were best known as.

What is warriors?

100

The region the Inca ruled.

What is the Pacific coast of South America?
100

The Inca stonework was impressive because it did not use this.

What is mortar?

100

The Aztec book that was made out of folded bark.

What is a codex?

200

The tallest and most important buildings in Maya cities.

What are pyramids?

200

The ruler of the Aztec in 1519.

Who is Moctezuma II?

200

The mountain range that runs through the middle of the Inca Empire.

What is the Andes Mountains?

200

The science of studying stars that the Maya impressively understood.

What is astronomy?

200

The Aztec capital was an island connected by these to the mainland.

What are causeways?

300

They location where the Maya ruins have been found.

What is the Yucatan Penisula?

300
The unusual island capital city of the Aztec.

What is Tenochititlan?

300

The sole ruler of the Inca Empire.

Who was the Sapa Inca?

300

The reason the Inca were able to farm on the mountainsides.

What are terraces?

300

Losers of a Maya pok-ta-pok game might be used as this.

What is human sacrifice?

400

The writing system that included a picture or symbol representing an idea, an object, a syllable or a sound.

What is a hieroglyph?

400

The area were Aztec ruled?

What is central Mexico?

400

The animal that played a central role in the life and culture of the Inca.

What is the llama?

400

This civilization created floating gardens to help feed the huge population.

What is the Aztec?

400

The Maya civilization was made up of a number of these that often fought each other.

What are city-states?

500

The religious game that was played as a way to find the good and sacrifice the evil.

What is Pok-ta-pok?

500

The Aztec were considered ****** before they built their empire.

What are nomads?

500

The way the Inca were able to convey messages throughout the empire.

What are runners?

500

This civilization created tall pyramids above treetops to show how religious they were. 

What are the Maya?

500

Tenochtitlan was known for its Great Temple which was this type of a building.

What is a pyramid?