Aztecs
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
What was the Inca capital city?
Cuzco
What region of the Americas could you find the Maya?
Mesoamerica
What was Significant about Christopher Columbus?
First European to discover the Americas
Who was the Aztec Emperor when Cortes arrived?
Montezuma II
What is Machu Picchu
An Incan town
What year did the Maya Calendar end?
2012
What was Significant about Hernan Cortes?
Discovered and then destroyed the Aztec Empire
What modern country could you find the Aztec Empire?
Mexico
What modern country could you find the Inca Capital of Cuzco?
Peru
True or False: the Maya were an older civilization than the Aztec and Inca?
True 250CE- 1400 CE
What was Significant about Francisco Pizarro?
Discovered and wiped out the Inca Empire
What disease killed more than half of the Aztec population?
Smallpox
Who was Atahualpa?
Last Emperor of the Inca
True or False: the Maya built pyramids
True
What was Significant about Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
First European to discover the Pacific Ocean
What year did Hernan Cortes arrive at the Aztec Empire?
1519
What year did Pizarro conquer the Inca Empire?
1532
What was Chichen Itza?
a Maya city
Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?
King and Queen of Spain