Aztec
This is where the Aztec lived.
What is Mexico?
This is where the Inca lived.
What is present day South America (Peru, Chile, Equador)
What is polytheism?
This culture was the earliest inhabitants in Mesoamerica.
Who were the Olmec?
This is the symbol of their culture.
What is the eagle?
This is the what happened when someone broke a law.
What is harsh punishment (hands cut off or execution)?
The Maya were one of the first civilizations in the world to invent this concept in mathematics
What is zero?
This volcanic rock was used to create tools, weapons, mirrors, and decorations.
What is obsidian?
This agricultural technique involved setting land on fire in order to clear and then fertilize the soil for later use.
What is slash and burn?
The Aztec thought this man was one of their gods when he arrived. He eventually took over the Aztec empire with the help of their rival tax-paying tributes.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
These were used for communication, moving army troops, and transporting goods.
What are road systems?
The writing system used by the Maya had over 800 of these
What are hieroglyphics?
The staple crop of these cultures, usually called corn in America.
What is maize? It was their go-to crop. They were able to grow it easily and use it in many ways.
This is how the Aztec empire fell.
What is the arrival of Hernan Cortez, working together with fed-up tributary states, and eventually murdered Montezuma II. The Spanish also spread disease.
This is how the Inca empire fell.
What is the arrival of Francisco Pizarro, the murder of Atahualpa, and the spreading of disease.
Maya (and other Mesoamerican civilizations) viewed this bean as currency.
What is the cacao bean?
This is the method involves intentionally setting land on fire to clear it while making nutrients for the soil.
What is slash and burn farming
The name of the Aztec capital city is
What is Tenochtitlan?
Name two legacies of the Aztec culture.
What are Tenochtitlan (floating city) and chinampas.
Name three legacies of the Inca Empire.
What are Machu Picchu, Cuzco, aqueducts, and terrace farming.
The Maya built many temples, cities, and temples as a way of showing how they valued this.
What is human labor?
A series of knotted ropes used for record keeping
What is quipu
Two man-made creations that made live easier for the Maya and Aztec.
What are: causeways and aqueducts?