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This was the name of the Aztec capital city.
What is Tenochtitlan
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What did the Mayans create that they are still famous for today?
What is their calendar.
100
Who was the leader of the Spanish?
What is Hernan Cortes.
100
This is the style of writing used by both the Aztecs and the Mayans.
What is hieroglyphics
100
What is the name of the style of pyramid built in Aztec cities.
What is stepped pyramid.
200
This was the language spoken in Aztec cities.
What is Nahuatl
200
DAILY DOUBLE Draw the Mayan social pyramid!
I will examine each groups drawing.
200
What disease did the Spanish bring with them that infected the Aztecs?
What is small pox.
200
This tradition means to speak out loud and remember stories, instead of writing them down.
What is an oral tradition.
200
Why did the Aztecs sacrifice so many people?
What is they believed they needed to feed the sun with blood to continue its journey across the sky.
300
This ancient ballgame played by the Maya and the Aztecs involved a rubber ball, what part of the body were athletes allowed to hit the ball with.
What is their hips.
300
This name “Halach Uinic” was given to whom in Mayan society?
What is the Mayan rule/king.
300
Who was the woman who translated languages for the Aztecs and Cortes?
What is Don Marina, or Malintzin.
300
These were the members of Aztec society who's job it was to remember oral traditions, and to create books with hieroglyphs in them.
What is tlacuilos
300
How many people lived in Tenochtitlan?
What is 200,000 -250,000 people.
400
This was the main crop grown by both the Mayans and the Aztecs.
What is Maize (corn also acceptable.)
400
This part of Mexico is where the Mayans lived.
What is the Yucatan peninsula.
400
Describe the main reasons the Aztecs were defeated by the Spanish.
What is they were infected with smallpox, the Spanish became allies with all the tribes that had been conquered by the Aztecs, the Aztec emperor let the Spanish and their army come into the city.
400
This is the symbol that the Aztecs saw that told them to build their city on the lake.
What is an eagle perched on a cactus, with a snake in its mouth.
400
The Aztecs had two main temples in the city of Tenochtitlan for gods. What were they gods of?
What is the god of rain, the god of war.
500
What was the name of the two different groups of warriors that fought for the Aztecs?
What is the Eagle warriors and the Jaguar warriors.
500
DAILY DOUBLE Describe the different physical changes done to Mayan babies, be sure to include both.
What is, the forehead was elongated and the teeth were filed down to look like fangs or had gems put in them.
500
This was the name of the Aztec emperor when Cortes arrived.
What is Moctezuma
500
How many people in a given year were sacrificed by the Aztecs?
What is 20,000 people.