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Maya
Aztecs
Inca
Vocabulary
Comparisons
100
The Mayans were located in this area
What is Southern Mexico and parts of Central America
100
This is where the Aztecs were located
What is central and southern Mexico
100
The Inca Empire is located here
What is South America
100
Another name for Spanish conquerors
What is Conquistadors
100
Were all 3 empires monotheistic or polytheistic?
What is polytheistic (many gods)
200
A major achievement by the Maya that was more advanced than those in Europe at the time.
What is the Mayan calendar
200
The number of human sacrifices each year performed by the Aztecs
What is 10,000
200
The Incas were excellent at cutting stoned perfectly when building homes and temples. What do we call this stone work?
What is masonry
200
These were built to study the stars
What is observatories
200
List in order from largest to smallest, the empire who sacrificed the most humans.
What is 1. Aztec 2. Maya 3. Inca
300
The Mayan Empire was divided into these and each one had its own emperor
What is city-states
300
The Aztecs did not attack the Spanish at first because they thought the Spanish were what?
What is gods
300
The Incas built these throughout the empire on order to remain connected and make travel easier
What is roads
300
The Mayans planted this crop and it is similar to corn
What is maize
300
All but one empire was conquered by the Spanish, which one was not?
What is the Maya
400
Name 3 reasons the Maya Empire fell
What is overpopulation, lack of food, disease, war and hard life for commoners
400
The Aztecs built _____ to connect the mainland to their capital city, Tenochtitlan, which was located on a(n) _____
What is causeways and island
400
The Incas rarely sacrificed humans but instead they sacrificed _____ (3 answers)
What is llamas, clothing and food
400
The official language of the Incas
What is Quechua
400
All empires collected a form of tax. Which empire was different from the others and why?
What is the Inca Empire since it used the mita system aka labor tax, instead of actual money.
500
Name an Ancient Mayan city that we discussed in class
What is Tulum or Chichen Izta
500
______ lead the Spanish invasion over the Aztecs, and defeated the last Aztec Emperor, ______.
Who is Hernan Cortes and Montezuma II
500
_____ lead the Spanish and captured and killed the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. The Spanish remained in control for the next ____ years. (2 answers)
Who is Francisco Pizarro and 300 years
500
The Incas did not have a writing system but they used this instead to record information.
What is quipus
500
Name 1 achievement from each empire (3 examples total)
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