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Prior knowledge
Origins
100

Their origin story included a set of twins

Who are the Maya

100

You can find a famous narrative of escaping oppressors and set out in search of a promise land in this holy book.

What is the Bible?

100

They are credited with using the concept of zero in their mathematical calculations.

What are the Maya?

100

He was bitten by a radioactive spider.

Who is spiderman?

200

They built a city on a lake

The Mexica

200

Like Manco Capac, he had a staff. Unlike Capac, his transformed into a snake.

Who is Moses.

200

The ruins of this ancient city are located high in the Andes mountains.

What is Machu Picchu?

200

Author of the famous book "The Origins of the Species".

Who is Darwin?

300

The characters in their origin story married their siblings.

Who are the Inca?

300

Nagas can be part human, part snake in this mythology.

Hindu

300

This is the region of ancient civilizations that include the Mexica, the Maya, and the Inca.

What is Mesoamerica?

300

This delicious treat that can be liquid, solid, or in-between; can be consumed hot or cold, sweet or bitter, dark or light; was originally used by which ancient civilization?

Who are the Maya?

400

Their god promised a fertile land with submissive people

The Inca

400

In this book, part of a greater one, a great flood destroyed the world.

What is the book of Genesis?

400

This language was spoken by the Inca and is still widely used today in the Andes region.

What is Quechua?

400

With an estimated 90% success rate in reducing inflammation, the Incas were thought to be the first group to practice this type of surgery?

What is brain surgery.

500

The Mexica were later called by this name, after their native land of Aztlan.

Who are the Aztecs?
500

This prophet warned his followers about killing snakes.

Who is Muhammad?

500

A pterosaur, one of the largest flying animals of the Late Cretaceous period was named after an Aztec god, often depicted as a feathered snake.

Who is the Quetzalcoatlus?

500

The Inca chewed the leaf of this plant for medicinal purposes. However, it is now used to produce an illegal substance, most famously introduced in the US in the 1980s.

What is Coca?