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Inca/Aztec/Mayas
Inca, Aztec, and Maya history and facts
Question | Answer |
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Leader: elmo | Mayan |
Location: Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala | Mayan |
Important places: Chichenitzatikal | Mayan |
Important dates: 1528- rebel agansit spanish, 0 b.c.: first crowed king, 900 A.D.: cities abandoned | Mayan |
Daily life: slash and bush farming | Mayan |
Women's roles: take care of children, sowed, cleaned house | Mayan |
Reason for downfall: unknown cities abandoned | Mayan |
Contributions: first writing systems, number systems, calander | Mayan |
Leaders: Pactacuti, Atahuapla | Inca |
Location: Andes mts. | Inca |
Important places: cuzco- captial, Machn picchu- lost city in andes mts. | Inca |
Important dates: 1200- cuzco founded, 1532- Atahualpa is king, 1533- execution of Atahuapla | Inca |
Daily life: sacrafice, llamas terrace farming | Inca |
Women's roles: cooking, cleaning, feliding | Inca |
Reason for downfall:spanish take over | Inca |
Contributions: quipu:notted cords for message bridges and roads Food - peppers and choclate | Inca |
Leaders: King Moteczuma 2 | Aztec |
Location: Southern Mexico, valley of mexico | Aztec |
Important places: Tenochtitlan- capital city, Lake Texcoo temple | Aztec |
Important dates: 1325- Tepchtitlan founded, 1502- moteczuma killed, 1521- fall of tepchtitlan | Aztec |