Early People
Scientists believe early man came to the "new world" (The Americas) using the...
What is a landbridge?
The Mayans written form of communication.
What are glyphs?
Conquistador who took over Aztec land and wiped out the population.
Who is Hernando Cortez?
As a result of being so high in the mountains, the Incas created this type of farming.
What is terrace farming?
Civilizations are believed to have this many characteristics.
What is 7?
Before agriculture, this is how early people got their food.
What is hunting and gathering?
The three main accomplishments of the Mayan people.
What is the calendar, number system, and glyphs?
The Aztecs based their religion on this.
What is nature and natural forces?
The Inca Empire was located here.
What are the Andes Mountains?
2 tribes, the Mayans and Aztecs, often performed this type of ceremony to appease the gods.
What is human sacrifice?
This skill helped to change the lives of early people. They no longer had to move to find food.
What is agriculture?
True or False: The Mayans invented the wheel.
False
The Aztecs capital city, which is present day Mexico City.
What is Tenochtitlan ?
Incas built these structures to communicate with other Incan tribes.
What are bridges?
This disease wiped out millions of native people. It was brought over by the Europeans.
What is smallpox?
A large extinct animal that was a main source of food for early people.
What is a Woolly Mammoth?
Mayans lived here.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
Floating gardens used to plant beans, squash, and corn.
What are Chinampas?
The Incan capital city was here.
What is Cuzco?
There are many similarities between these 3 civilizations. With your group describe a similarity between the Mayans and Aztecs.
Religion, social class, jobs, architecture/structures, games, agriculture.
If your answer is not shown you must describe the similarity and it will be determined whether you earned points.
Early people are believed to have crossed the land bridge here.
The three most known theories of the collapse of the Mayans.
What is drought, war, and disease?
The last great Aztec chief.
Who was Montezuma?
The conquistador who took over the Incan Empire in the span of 36 years.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
What is polytheistic?