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Nahuatl
What was the name of the common language amoung the Mexica people?
100
Cuzco is located in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range.
Where is the capitol city of the Incas?
100
The Spanish conquistador who reached Inca territory in the 1520's.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
100
Montezuma II
Who was the tribal leader when Hernan Cortez landed in Mexico?
100
18,000 miles of road
How many miles of roads did the Incas build?
200
Cortez
Who was welcomed like a guest?
200
By 1572, all traces of the innovative systems the Incas created for farming, trade and government had been erased.
What did the Spanish remove from the Incan record?
200
The Inca leader who tried to bargain for his life.
Who was Atahualpa?
200
Lake Texcoco
What lake did the Aztecs build their capitol on?
200
reincarnation
What was one of the religious beliefs the Incas had?
300
They were brought back an turned into slaves or sacrificed to the Gods.
What did the Aztecs do with enemies they captured ?
300
Tenochtitlan, located on an island near the western shore of Lake Texcoco in central Mexico,
What was the capitol city of the Aztecs?
300
a God dressed as a bird
What did the Aztecs think Cortez was?
300
quipu
What is the name of the knotted colored string used for recording things?
400
Spanish soldiers massacred many citizens and MontezumaII.
What happened in June of 1520?
400
The ancient Maya city of Tikal, in modern-day Guatemala.
What was the capitol city of the Mayan Empire?
400
A room full of gold and twice as much silver.
What did Atahualpa offered for his life?
400
Mexicas
What was the name of the largest tribe of the Aztecs?
400
CANALS DITCHES AND IRRIGATION
What WERE SOME OF THE ADVANCED FARMING METHODS USED BY THE iNCAS?
500
They used relay teams to send important messages across the empire.
How did the Incas get messages across the empire?
500
Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, and Columbia
What countries were once part of the Incan Empire?
500
a dike
What did the Aztecs build to keep the salt from the fresh water?
500
Inti
What was the name of the Sun God the Incas worshiped?