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 was the ritual Maya ball game
What is pok-a-tok?
Name 3 beauty standards of the Maya.
Crossed eyes, tattoos, piercings, corn shaped heads, rocks in their teeth
What is a concept the Maya came up with that only a few other ancient civilizations developed?
What was 0?
This was the official language of the Aztec
What is Nahuatl?
This mountain range runs through the middle of the Inca Empire
What are the Andes Mountains?
This was a recording device made of knotted strings that was used by the Inca Empire
What is quipu?
Who were the Inca?
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 was the capital of the Incas
What is Cuzco?
This is the practice of believing in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
What were the wheel, metal tools and cement?
The Maya wrote these based on sounds and syllables
What are glyphs?
He was the Spanish conquistador responsible for the demise of the Aztecs
Who was Hernan Cortez?
This is a farming technique where the land on sides of mountains are cut to create even surfaces
What are terraces?
The Aztec recorded their history in this.
What is the codex?
This emperor was the most famous Inca emperor and nicknamed the "land reformer"
Who was Pachacuti?
The reason why the Maya disappeared.
What is (most likely) drought?
He was the last emperor of the Aztecs
Who was Moctezuma II?
He conquered the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
This was the official Language of Incas
What is Quechua?
This group did NOT have a written language.
Who were the Inca?