MAYA
AZTEC
INCA
VOCAB
RANDOM OF THE 3 CIVILIZATIONS
100

Where was the Maya civilization located?

What is in and around the Yucatan Peninsula?

100

Who was the Aztec ruler in 1519?

Who is Moctezuma II?

100
What mountain range runs through the middle of the Inca Empire?

What is the Andes?

100
To give or to kill something for a religious purpose

What is a sacrifice?

100

For what purpose did the Inca use quipu?

What is to record information?

200

What structures would an archaeologist most likely find among the ruins of a Maya City?

What is ball courts?

200

Where did the Aztec build the capital of their civilization? 

What is in Tenochtitlan in present-day Mexico?

200

Who was the Sapa Inca?

What is sole ruler of the Inca Empire?

200

A group of countries or territories under the control of one ruler

What is an empire?

200

What was unusual about the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?

What is it was built on an island?

300

The Maya had advanced scientific knowledge, but they did not develop

What is telescopes?

300

What best describes the Aztec government?

What is an empire united under a single ruler?

300

What animal played a central role in the life and culture of the Inca?

What is a llama?

300
Moving around often in search of food

What is nomadic?

300

What do Cuzco, Machu Picchu, and Quito have in common?

What is they were Inca communities?

400

Which were the tallest and most important buildings in Maya cities?

What is pyramids?

400

What was one reason the Aztec waged war so often?

What is they needed prisoners for human sacrifices?

400

How were the Inca able to farm on mountainsides?

What is they cut terraces into the land?

400

A picture or symbol representing an idea, an object, a syllable, or a sound

What is a hieroglyph?

400

What were the rulers carried on?

What is a litter?

500

How many days were in the Sacred Round calendar?

What is 260 days?

500

What was the book where they recorded information called?

What is Codex?

500
Why was Inca stonework so impressive?

What is they didn't use mortar?

500

A body's ability to remain free of illness even after being exposed to the cause of the illness

What is immunity?

500

What did the Incas call their jerky?

What is charqui?