Maya
Inca
Aztec
Vocabulary
Guess Who!
100
The mayas studied space. This term is known as _______.
Astronomy
100
What animal was special to the Incas that provided wool for clothing, transportation and food?
llama
100
What sign let the Aztecs where their home was going to be?
An eagle eating a snake on a cactus
100
Maize or ______ was the most common crop for the Mayas and Aztecs.
Corn
100
Which civilization....
Invented terrace farming
Incas
200
Where did the Mayas primarily live?
Yucatan Peninsula.
They also lived in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, & Belize.
200
Where did the Incas primarily live?
Andes Mountains in SOUTH AMERICA
200
Where did the Aztecs primarily live?
Lake Texcoco: Tenochtitlan
Modern day Valley of Mexico in Central Mexico
200
________ are things given to gods, such as valuable gifts, their own blood, or other humans/ animals.
sacrifices
200
Which civilization...
believed in the idea of polytheism
All three:
Mayas, Incas and Aztecs
300
Who ruled Mayan cities?
Nobles and priests.
They served each city as leaders of the city and surrounding farms and villages. This is known as a city-state type of government. There was no central king or ruler of the civilization.
300
What is the term used to describe the family units of 10-20 people who live together share everything?
Ayllu
a-loo
300
What was important about the city Tenochtitlan?
- It was located in the middle of a lake (Lake Texcoco).
Causeways were created to link the city to the mainland. A causeway is an earthened street that connects the city to the mainland.
- Final battle with Spain happened here.
- It was wealthy from collecting taxes from surrounding cities
300
______ & ______ is a widely used method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear cut and any remaining vegetation burned. The resulting layer of ash provides the newly-cleared land with a nutrient-rich layer to help fertilize crops
Slash & burn
300
Which civilization...believed the Sapa ____ was a descendant of the sun god, believed in an afterlife and mummified the dead.
Inca
400
What was special about the way the Mayans looked?
They were short. The average height of a man was just over 5 feet. Women were shorter than that.
They had straight black hair. They often had tattoos. They valued crossed eyes and tied objects over their infants' foreheads ti encourage their eyes to cross. Some Mayas also tied boards to the heads of their children to flatten their foreheads.
400
Group of men between the ages of 16-60 who must do manual labor because there is no money system.
A service tax to pay back to the government. Men ages 16-60 built palaces, public buildings and roads with labor.
Mita
400
What disease helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs?
Small Pox
400
All three civilizations believed in multiple gods/ goddesses. This belief is called _____________.
Polytheism
400
Which civilization...
studied astronomy, had a number system, created a calendar, used hieroglyphics writing, developed a telescope and mapped starts with mathematics
Maya
500
What was the name of the largest Mayan City?
Tikal
500
quipu- kee-poo
The color of the strings and the distance between the knots had special meanings. A nonwritten form of communication and record-keeping.
500
Who led the Spaniards to conquer the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes
500
_________ is a system of organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
hierarchy
or
social structure
500
Which civilization had nobles and priests that ruled cities and surrounding areas; city-state government
Maya