Maya
Where the Maya civilization was located
What is in and around the Yucatan Peninsula?
This is where the Aztec built the capital of their civilization
What is Tenochtitlan?
These are some of the modern day countries the Inca ruled
What are Ecuador, Peru, and Chile?
This is the word for people that are native to the land
What is indigenous?
This was the ritual Maya ball game
What is pok-a-tok?
These structures are what an archaeologist would most likely find among the ruins of a Maya city
What are Pyramids or Ball Courts?
He was the Spanish conquistador responsible for the demise of the Aztecs
Who was Hernan Cortez?
This mountain range runs through the middle of the Inca Empire
What are the Andes Mountains?
This civilization invented the number zero
Who were the Maya?
This was a recording device made of knotted strings that was used by the Inca Empire
What is quipu?
This is what the Maya believed the gods needed to keep the world alive.
What are sacrifices?
The Aztec expanded their city and farmed on the lake by building these floating gardens.
What are chinampas?
This caused the Incas to be vulnerable to being conquered before the Spanish arrived.
What is a Civil War?
These were the main reasons that the Spanish wanted to conquer the Americas
What was God (to spread their religion), Gold (to gain wealth), and Glory (to become famous)?
The Mesoamerican civilizations used this to make xocolatl
What is cacao?
The reason why the Maya disappeared.
What is (most likely) drought?
This is a reason the Aztec waged war so often
What is they needed prisoners for human sacrifice, or to collect tribute, etc.?
He conquered the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
This is the practice of believing in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
This was the official Language of Incas
What is Quechua?
The Maya were the only ancient civilization to have a fully written language system using these to represent words
What are glyphs?
He was the last emperor of the Aztecs
Who was Moctezuma II?
This was the capital of the Incas
What is Cuzco?
This is a farming technique where the land on sides of mountains are cut to create even surfaces
What are terraces?
This was the official language of the Aztec
What is Nahuatl?