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WHI.12
Mesoamerica and Andes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which civilization was located in the Mexican and Central American rain forest (Yucatan Peninsula)? | Maya |
| What was the Mayan major city? | Chichén Itzá |
| What kind of religion did all three civilizations have? | polytheistic |
| Which civilization was located in the arid valley of central Mexico? | Aztec |
| What was the Aztec major city? | Tenochtitlan |
| Which civilization was located in the Andes Mountains of South America? | Inca |
| What was an Inca major city? | Machu Picchu |
| Mayans developed what kind of calendar? | 365-day solar calendar |
| Incas kept records using what? | quipu (system of knotted strings) |
| Incas built vast networks of ______. | roads |
| How was the Mayan government set up? | system of city-states, each ruled by a king |
| How was the Aztec government set up? | ruled by an emperor with absolute power (indirect rule) |
| How was the Inca government set up? | ruled by an emperor with absolute power (direct rule) |
| What type of language/system of writing did the Mayans develop? | hieroglyphs |
| What is the name of the pyramid at Chichén Itzá? | "El Castillo" (Kukulcan) |
| Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztecs? | Hernán Cortés |
| What disease did the Spanish bring with them to the Americas that killed a lot of the natives? | smallpox |
| What system did the Incas use for the agriculture? | terraced farming |
| What three things caused the downfall of the Aztec Empire? | disease, Spanish conquistadors, human sacrifices |
| What kind of pyramids did the Mayans and Aztecs build? | step pyramids |
| Who was emperor of the Aztecs when the Spanish arrived? | Montezuma II |
| The Mayans were (probably) the oldest civilization in the world to have this concept: | zero |
| What purpose did the Mayan pyramids have? | temples |
| What modern city is on the site of Tenochtitlan? | Mexico City |
| In what modern country is Machu Picchu? | Peru |
| What is the mountain range in the Inca Empire? | Andes |
| What type of farming did they use in the Aztec Empire? | Chinampa farming |
| What is the name of the Incan road system? | Royal Highway |
| What type of farming did they use in the Maya Empire? | slash and burn farming |
| Strait crossed by ancient hunter-gatherers to arrive in the Americas | Bering Strait |
| a raised track across low or wet ground | causeway |
| an artificial channel for transporting water | aqueduct |
| n artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation | canal |
| a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level | dam |
| Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Incas? | Francisco Pizarro |
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