What's the word?
Strange but true
Smartypants
Where's that?
Work and Play
100
The Spanish name for a conqueror - it's a bit of a tongue twister
conquistador
100
Both of these Mesoamerican civilizations believed that there rulers were descended from the gods - yeah, just like the Egyptians.
Maya and Aztec
100
This civilization is believed to be the first to master the science of vulcanization - that is the process of making rubber bouncy.
The Olmec
100
The name given to lands from central Mexico to Costa Rica in Central America
mesoamerica
100
This game was the most popular for all of the Mesoamerican civilizations - but don't lose!
The rubber ball game
200
Building "steps" into the side of a mountain. It is a lot easier to farm a flat place.
terracing
200
The Aztecs decided to make their home on Lake Texcoco after WHO guided them there?
The sun god
200
This picture shows which civilization's genius innovation?
Inca
200
The Mayas built a huge civilization on this peninsula.
Yucatan
200
This civilization in Mesoamerica had a government structure similar to the Greeks: there were city-states each with their own leader.
Maya
300
He conquered the Incas
Pizarro
300
The Maya and other civilizations thought changing their bodies in this way would make them more beautiful to the gods.
head- binding
sloped heads
300
The Maya developed two separate systems of this - one for agriculture and one for religious ceremonies.
calendars
300
Mexico City was built over the Aztec capital city of...
Tenochtitlan
300
This food was so important to the Mayans that it was sometimes used as a form of money.
chocolate/cacao beans
400
This is another name for corn - one of the most important crops in mesoamerica.
maize
400
The Aztecs and the Maya believed in playing to the death - literally; probably because their religions required...
human sacrifices
400
Living on a lake created some problems for the Aztecs. What problem did building chinampas solve for the Aztecs?
Chinampas increased land area for farming.
400
This major center of trade and population for the Olmec was located along the Gulf of Mexico.
San Lorenzo
400
Their economy is believed to have been one of the most complex and highly structured .
Aztec
500
He was the leader of the Aztecs who was conquered by Cortes
Montezuma
500
These interesting archaeological finds are attributed to the...
Olmec
500
The Mayas wrote some really long books but the Spanish burned most of them. The books were called
codex
500
Machu Piccu is a city in the Andes Mountains and served as the cultural hub for this civilization.
the Inca
500
The Incas used these engineering structures to move water, just like the Romans did.
aqueducts