Aztec
Inca
Maya
Vocabulary
Language
100

This is where the Aztec lived.

What is present-day Mexico?

100

This is where the Inca lived.


What is present day South America?

100

This is where the Maya lived.

 What is Yukatan Peninsula? 

100

What does the word distinct mean in the sentence?

“The flavor was distinct"

What is noticeably different 

100

The prefix meaning "not" or "opposite of"

What is "il?"

200

The key geographical features of the Aztecs.

 What is tropics, swamy areas, water? 

200

This key geographical features of the Inca.

  What is the mountains? 

200

This key geographical feature of the Mayans.

What is the rainforest and tropics?

200

If a sweater is made from fleece, what material does that word refer to?

The woolly coat of sheep or similar animals

200

The prefix meaning "between" or "with."

What is inter-? 
300

The capital of the Aztecs.

 What is Tenochtitlan? 

300

The capital of the Inca.  

What is Cuzco?

300

The way that Mayan land was divided by the government.

What are city-states?

300

Fill in the blank: My messy notes are ______; I can’t read them. 

A. Illegible

B. Illogical 

C. Illeagal

What is illegible

300

When a teacher helps a student, does she intercede or interact?

 What is interact? 

400

This is how the Aztec empire fell.

 What is the arrival of Hernan Cortez, taking over Tenochtitlan, and eventually murdered Montezuma II. The Spanish also spread disease. 

400

This is how the Inca empire fell.

What is the arrival of Francisco Pizarro, the murder of Atahualpa, and the spreading of disease.

400

This is how the Maya empire ended.

What are theories of lack of rainfall or epidemic.

400

What does the word nurture mean in the sentence:

"The gardener will nurture the young plants by placing them where they receive appropriate sunlight."

What is to care for something or someone so that it flourishes.

400

What conjunction could combine two sentences into one sentence that would make sense: 

The Maya built many large cities. Some cities were more powerful than others.

But, Because, or So? 

What is but? 

500

The Aztec adapted to their swampy environment by creating these.

What are chinampas?

500

Name the system of communication the Inca used.

What are quipus

500

Name 2 examples of how Mayans kept their records and writings.

What are glyphs, codex, number system or calendar?

500

What is a Cenote? 

What is a natural well formed from a sinkhole? 
500

Name something that would "attract" ants.

What is food, sugar, treats, etc.?