Geography
Name a country on the continent of North America.
Canada, Mexico, or the United States
What region of the world were the Maya mostly located?
Southern Mexico or Mesoamerica
What country were the Aztecs located in?
Mexico
What mountain range were the Inca located in?
The Andes Mountains
What is the mascot for the University of Oregon's football team?
The Ducks
Name one of the five oceans of the world.
Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, or Southern
Were the Maya an empire or a collection of city-states?
They were a collection of city-states
The Aztecs worshipped many gods, but who was the most important god to them?
Huitzilopochtli or the Sun God
What is the name of a famous mountain top city in Peru?
Machu Picchu or Cusco
What is the location where the most easter lily bulbs are grown in the world?
Smith River
Name four out of the seven continents.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
What did the Maya use as a writing system?
Glyphs or Pictures
What was special about where the capital city of Tenochtitlan was located?
It was a floating city located in the middle of a lake
What animals did the Inca use for domestic uses like transporting goods or herding?
Llamas and alpacas
Pikachu
What are the two halves of a globe called?
Hemispheres
What was found in the Temple of the Inscriptions in the ruins of Palenque?
Why did the Maya civilization fall?
Who was the Conquistador that took over the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Who was the Conquistador that conquered the Inca empire?
Francisco Pizarro
How many stars and stripes are on the American flag?
50 stars and 13 stripes
What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude called?
The equator
Why did the Maya civilization fall?
It’s a mystery, there are several theories about what happened
What were the floating gardens the Aztecs used called?
Chinampas
What did the Inca use to record information like numbers, taxes, and possibly messages?
They used a series of knotted and colored strings called quipu
Why did historians use to call the years 476 CE to 1000 CE the Dark Ages?
Because there were too many knights.