Maya
What system of writing did the Maya develop?
What is hieroglyphics?
What modern-day country did the Aztecs live in?
What is Mexico?
What mountain range was home to the Inca?
What are the Andes Mountains?
Who is credited with "discovering" the Americas in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What kind of calendar did the Maya create?
What is a 365-day solar calendar?
What two things did the Maya use their calendar for?
What are farming and religious ceremonies?
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
What is Tenochtitlán?
What was the Incan capital city?
What is Cuzco?
Who sailed around the world, though he died before completing the trip?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?(technically his crew)
What did the Inca build to travel across their empire?
What are roads and rope bridges?
What crop was most important to the Maya?
What is maize (corn)?
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Who is Hernán Cortés?
What was the famous Incan city built high in the mountains?
What is Machu Picchu?
Who was the first European to sail to India around Africa?
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Which two civilizations in the Americas built pyramids, and what were they used for?
Who are the Maya and Aztecs, and what is for temples and religious ceremonies?
Name one reason historians believe the Maya cities were abandoned.
What is drought, warfare, or overuse of resources?
What was the Aztec chinampa system?
What is floating gardens for farming?
Who conquered the Inca Empire?
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Who explored parts of Canada for France?
Who is Jacques Cartier?
What is one food introduced to Europe through exploration?
What is potatoes, tomatoes, corn, or chocolate?
Where was the Maya civilization primarily located?
What is the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize)?
How did the Aztec build their capital in the middle of a lake?
What is by creating artificial islands and causeways?
How did the Inca farm on steep mountain slopes?
What are terraces?
Who was the English explorer/pirate who raided Spanish ships and helped defeat the Spanish Armada?
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
What is the transfer of plants, animals, people, and ideas between the Old World and New World?