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Mayas
Aztecs
Incas
Mixed
People
100
Pyramids, palaces, temples, and ball courts.
What would have been found in a Mayan city?
100
The valley of Mexico.
Where did the Aztecs build their civilization?
100
The Pacific coastline of South America (Ecuador, Chile, and Peru are part of this area)
What region did the Incas rule?
100
They were fierce warriors.
What were the Aztecs best known for?
100
The sole ruler of the Incan empire.
Who is the Sapa Inca?
200
With over 800 symbols to choice from, this was the Mayans form of writing.
What are glyphs?
200
This word best describes Aztecs before they built their empire.
Which is a wanderer?
200
This animal was very important to the Incas.
What is a llama?
200
This mountain range was the home of the Incas.
What are the Andes Mountains?
200
Hernan Cortes
Who led the Spanish invasion of the Aztec empire?
300
These important buildings were part of the Mayan cities.
What are temples and pyramids?
300
This person was the ruler of the Aztecs in 1519.
Who is Montezuma?
300
Cuzco
What is the capital of the Incan empire?
300
An empire that is united under one ruler.
What is the Aztec government?
300
These two emperors were taken hostage by Spanish invaders.
Who are Montezuma and Atahualpa?
400
These modern countries are where the Mayas existed, also known as the Yucatan Peninsula.
What are Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, and Guatemala?
400
The city was built on a small island in Lake Texcoco.
What is the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?
400
Terraced farmlands, suspension bridges, and irrigation systems.
What are some of the many achievements of Inca engineers?
400
Name two items the Mayas developed.
What are advanced astronomy system, System of mathematics (first to use zero), and a calendar based on the movement of the earth around the sun?
400
He-Who-Sees-Everything...
Who is the Inca tax collector and matchmaker?
500
Give two theories of why the Mayas vanished.
What are disease, natural disaster, farming techniques exhausting the soil, and peasants revolting against rulers?
500
Prisoners were needed for human sacrifices.
Why did the Aztecs constantly wage war?
500
These were all cities of the Inca empire.
What are Machhu Picchu, Cuzco, and Quito?
500
These two adjectives describe the greetings of the Aztecs and Incas to the Spanish.
What do the adjectives curious and friendly describe?
500
Francisco Pizarro
Who tricked Atahualpa into meeting and capturing him?