Geography
Religion
Society & Government
Advancements
Fall, Rise, & Conquer
100

Tenochtitlán was built on what geographical feature?

What is an island on Lake Texcoco?

100

What did the Aztecs believe the sun god needed?

What is human blood?

(Also acceptable) What are sacrifices?

100

Who was at the top class in Aztec society?

Who is the emperor?

100

What brought fresh water to Tenochtitlán?

What are aqueducts?
100

What disease weakened the Aztecs?

What is smallpox?

200

What farming method was used in the swampy areas of Lake Texcoco?

What are chinampas?

200

What was central to the Maya religion?

What is maize?

200

What kind of alliance helped the Aztecs rule?

Who is the Triple Alliance?

200

What was the Olmec known for?

What are stone heads of rulers?

200

Who led the conquest of the Aztecs?

Who are conquistadors?

(Also acceptable) Who is the Spanish?

(Also acceptable) Who is Hernán Cortés?

300

Which civilization built terraces in the highlands?

Who are the Maya?
300

What were the wealthy Zapotec buried with?

What is jewelry?

300

What type of governance did Maya have?

What are independent city-states ruled by kings?

300

Who created the first writing system in the Americas?

Who are the Zapotec?

300

What gave the Spanish a significant advantage over the Aztecs?

What is superior weaponry?

(Also acceptable) What is disease?

(Also acceptable) What are horses?

(Also acceptable) Who are native rebels?

400

What is the geographic significance of the Gulf Coast for the Olmec?

What are fertile rivers?

400

According to legend, what two things did the Maya gods use to make the Maya people?

What is their blood and maize flower?

400

Who helped the Aztec kings govern?

Who are the nobles?

400

What calendar system did the Aztecs use?

What is solar?

400

What was Spain's primary motivation for conquest in the Americas?

What is gold and silver?

500

Why feature(s) made Monte Albán’s location advantageous?

What is a high, defensible mountaintop?

500

What is Huitzilopochtli known as?

What is the god of sun and war?
500

Who was at the bottom of the Aztec social structure?

Who were the slaves?

500
How did the Aztecs expand their empire?

What is by war and collecting tributes?

500

What revolutionized Mesoamerican settlements?

What is agriculture?