Geography
Innovation
Miscellaneous
Belief
Communication
100
The present day country where the Maya civilization was located.
What is Mexico.
100
The watering system used by the Incas.
What are aquaducts.
100
This is an important crop in all 3 societies.
What is corn (maize).
100
What does Machu Picchu mean?
Old Mountain
100
The civilization that did not have a written language.
Who are the Inca.
200
The Mesoamerican civilization located furthest south.
What is the Inca civilization.
200
The civilization that invented the number 0.
What is the Maya civilization.
200
The Mayans used this to help give their bitter chocolate some flavor.
What are chili peppers.
200
This organ was often sacrificed to the Aztec gods.
What is the heart.
200
How the Inca communicated using knots and string.
What is a quipu.
300
How did the Inca and Aztec Empires fall?
They were both destroyed by Spanish conquistadors.
300
What chinampas are also know as.
What are floating gardens.
300
What is terrace farming.
300
A belief in many gods.
What is polytheism.
300
The civilizations that had a spoken language.
What are the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations.
400
These two civilizations were separated by the furthest distance.
What are the Aztec and Inca civilizations?
400
The Maya created an intricate calendar system. The tzolkin has 260 days and the other, the haab, had ____.
What is 365 days.
400
The currency the Aztecs used.
What is cocoa beans.
400
The name of the deadly ball game played by the Mayans.
What is pok-a-tok.
400
The Mayas used these symbols on their buildings.
What are glyphs.
500
The name of the peninsula the Maya lived on.
Yucatan Peninsula
500
The Inca were notorious for creating thousands of miles of these through the Andes Mountains.
What are roads.
500
The name of the natural sinkholes where the Maya got their water.
What are cenotes.
500
The Maya and Aztec practiced sacrifice. The word that best describes how this practice was seen.
What is honorable.
500
The name of the books that the Aztecs recorded important information in.
What is a codex.