Aztecs
What was the capital city of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlan
What is the most preserved Inca city
Machu Picchu
What animal did the Mayans use in a lot of sculptures and paintings
The jaguar
What were Olmec people amazing at?
Making sculptures
What conquistador took down both the Incas and the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
What did priests do to the sacrificed people
They killed them and removed their heart. They also may have taken a bite
What is the capital city of the Inca empire?
Cuzco
What was the ball game that the Mayas played
Pok-ol-pok
What did the Olmec make sculptures with
They mostly used basalt
What does pre-Columbian mean?
Before Christopher Columbus
At how many years did the Aztec people start to worry about the world ending
About every 52 years
What God did the Incas worship
The son of the Sun god
What are coffins called in the Maya culture?
Sarcophagus
What does the word Olmec mean?
"Rubber people"
About how many people lived in Tenochtitlan
About 200,000
How long was the Ancient Aztec calendar?
What is the Inca leader's title
Sapa Inca
What may happen to a team captain is you lose a game of Pok-ol-Pok?
They may get sacrificed
What were the Olmecs main source of transportation
Rivers and boats
What is the special bird the Aztecs used for crafting things (mostly jewelry and clothing)
The quetzal
2 foods that the Aztecs created/found
Chocolate and Turkey
What were Inca royal accountants called
The keepers of the Quipu
What did the Mayas NOT use for tools/carvings
Metal
What have the Olmec been called relating to the Americas
The mother civilization of the Americas
What are the mountain ranges called along the western areas of North and South America
Cordilleras