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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where were the Mayas located? | southern Mexico and Central America |
| Describe Mayan cities | exotic temples, plazas, plastered red buildings, ball courts, 10 square miles |
| Describe classes of people in Mayan society | ruling class (noble priests), king (the true men), common people (workers) |
| Describe the Mayan calendars | had good and bad days, two calendars worked like a wheel |
| What happened to the Mayas? | population dropped for an unknown reason |
| Why was the Aztec city built in the middle of a lake? | God told them to build where they saw an eagle eating a cactus. |
| How was Tenochtitlan built? | built elevated bridges to mainland, added mud and plants, built chinapas (could live on or plant gardens) |
| What did the Aztecs use for trading? | gold, quetzel feathers |
| What did the Aztecs do to the people they captured? | sacrificed them to gods (had to pay offering) |
| Describe Aztec sacrifices | 30,000 people/year, take a stone knife and cut out still-beating heart |
| How did the Aztecs treat Cortes? | they thought he was a god, Aztecs welcomed him |
| What were the results of the Spanish conquering the Aztecs? | Spanish took over and destroyed Aztec city, took gold, built own city |
| Moctezuma | leader of the Aztecs |
| Atahualpa | leader of the Incas |
| Cortes | Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs |
| Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas |
| conquistadors | "conquerors" |
| Did each Mayan city-state have its own ruler? | true |
| What did the Mayan people invent? | calendars |
| What might you find in a Mayan rainforest? | Monkeys |
| How did the Mayans transport trade items? | rivers |
| What is the "thumb" on Mexico's east coast called? | Yucatan Peninsula |
| Who destroyed all the Mayan books? | Spanish |
| How would you describe Mayan writing? | pictures and symbols |
| able to build city in the middle of a lake on floating rafts | Aztecs |
| developed calendar | Mayans |
| had a mail system where runners delivered messages | Incas |
| lived from 1200-1521 AD | Aztecs |
| built a series of roads and aquaducts | Incas |
| the earliest of three Indian groups | Mayans |
| lived along the coast of South America | Incas |
| kept records on knotted string | Incas |
| developed a number system with a concept of 0 | Mayans |
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