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Maya, Aztec, Inca
Early Civilizations in Latin America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Olmec | A people group who developed the earliest known civilization in Mexico. |
| glyphs | Written characters representing objects and sounds |
| pok-a-tok | Maya ball game |
| obsidian | Natural glass that forms when volcanic lava cools quickly |
| quipu | Complicated system of knots tied on strings of various colors. Used by the Inca to record information. |
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish explorer who caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. |
| Moctezuma II | The Aztec leader who was defeated by Hernan Cortes. |
| epidemic | Widespread outbreak, often referring to disease |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who caused the fall of the Inca Empire. |
| Simon Bolivar | Known as the George Washington of S. America. In the 1800's he freed several South American countries from Spanish rule. |
| conquistador | Spanish conquerors/ explorers |
| Atahualpa | The Incan leader who paid silver and gold to Pizarro to save his own life, but was killed |
| Which group of people used glyphs to communicate, and also created a 365 day calendar? | Maya |
| Who built the large city called Techochitlan in the area that is now Mexico City? | Aztec |
| Which group of people was the largest and lived in the Andes mountains? | Inca |
| What disease killed many of the Aztec people? | Smallpox |
| Why did the early civilizations in South America not eat meat? | Cattle and pigs had not yet been brought there. |
| The _____ were known for building long roads and used runners to take messages from one place to another. | Inca |
| The Incans did not have a written language. Does this mean they were not smart? | No - they used a system of knots and string (quipu) to communicate information, so they were smart! |
| Were gardens created during this time that floated on water? | Yes |
| Are people who live in Mexico today still ruled by Spain? | No |
| What do the Maya, Aztec and Inca people all have in common? | They all believed in gods and goddesses, they made human sacrifices to the gods, they farmed, they built things like roads, pyramids, temples, they all lived in what is now Latin America. |
| What happened to the Aztecs and Incas when Spanish conquistadors arrived in their land? | The Spanish took over the land, made the natives slaves, and killed the leaders. |
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Karen Brim
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