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What was the capital of the Inca empire?
What is Cuzco
100
The Maya Indians had a writing system called?
What is glyphs
100
Which two Indian groups were destroyed by the Spanish?
What is the Aztec Indians and the Incas
100
Which Indian group lived in South America?
What is the Inca Indians
100
The Inca worshipped the sun god named?
What is Inti
200
What modern day capital city is located where the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was once located?
What is Mexico City
200
Who's doctors were able to make more than 1,000 medicines from plants?
What is the Aztec Indians
200
Why did the Spanish destroy the Indians?
What is they wanted the Indian's gold
200
Due to the Inca's environment they cut steps into the mountain side to farm. What do we call this method of farming?
What is terrace farming
200

What does CE represent?

What is current era or common era

300
Name two Mayan cities.
What is Palenque, Tikal, Copan, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, or Tulum
300
What architectural discovery did the Inca Indians make that allowed them to build building which could withstand earthquakes?
What is the trapezoid arch
300
Who destroyed the Aztec Indians between 1519-1521?
Who is Hernan Cortes
300
Because of their geography the Aztecs farmed on chinampas which were?
What is a floating garden
300
What was the main food of the Maya Indians?
What is maize
400
What Inca city was situated high in the Andes mountains?
What is Machu Picchu
400
Which Indians had aqueducts?
What is the Maya, Aztec, and Inca.
400
Name two theories as to why the Maya Indians left their cities in 900.
What is lost faith in their kings, crop failure, war, disease, drought, or famine
400
On what physical features were most of the Maya cities located?
What is the Yucatan Peninsula.
400

What is a chasqui?

What is a relay runner

500
What happened to the Aztec capital city Tenochtitlan?
What is the Spanish destroyed it
500
Which American Indian civilization had a welfare system?
What is the Inca Indians
500
What made it easier for the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs and the Incas?
Guns, swords, cannons=better weapons horses disease=Small Pox Aztec had a legend that a bearded god was returning Inca were in a civil war
500
What is the region between the USA and South America called?
What is Mesoamerica or Middle America
500

What did the Maya Indians and other Indians study in order to develop their calendars?

What is astronomy or stars and planets