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Aztec/ Mayan/ Incan
Aztec/ Mayan/ Incan Review for Time4learning.com unit.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This was the most important crop to the Mayas. | Maize |
| The Aztecs settled in this valley. | Mexico |
| This Spanish explorer and his army conquered the Incan Empire. | Pizzaro |
| This record-keeping device was used by the Incas. | Quipu |
| The Mayas were the first to use this number. | Zero |
| This was the great island city of the Aztecs. | Tenochtitlan |
| The Incan Empire spread across this continent. | South America |
| A calendar-round cycle is this long. | 52 years. |
| This was the most important food in the Incan diet. | Potatoes |
| He was the last great emperor of the Aztecs. | Montezuma |
| the first ruler of the Incas | Manco Capac |
| ____ is the title given to the Incan ruler. | Sapa Inca |
| This is the mountain chain where most of the Incas lived. | Andes |
| ____ are the social class of honored men and relatives of the emperor. | Nobles |
| ____ are the social class of farmers, herdsmen, and artisans. | commoners |
| ____ is a tax in the form of goods and services. | Mit'a |
| ____ farming is the method of creating flat areas of land on a mountainside for growing crops. | Terrace |
| This was the capital city of the Incas. | Cuzco |
| These animals were domesticated by the Incas | Llamas ans Alpacas |
| These were built to connect the many parts of the Incan Empire. | Roads |
| These civilizations developed writing systems and calendars. | Aztecs and Mayans |
| This city was “lost” for 400 years. | Machu Picchu |
| What is the highest peak in the western hemisphere? | Aconcagua |
| This is what the Aztecs called their emperor. | Huey Tlatoani |
| These people were usually captured in war or bought from other groups of people. | slaves |
| Aztec leaders paid this to the emperor. | tribute |
| He was a Spanish explorer who arrived on the coast of Mexico in 1519. | Cortez |
| This was established to govern the early Aztecs. | tribal council |
| This was the number of main classes of people in Aztec society | 4 |
| Members of this social class owned their own land. | noble |
| Most of the Aztec people belonged to this social class. (farmers) | commoners |
| These began as family groups but later were based on trades. | calpulli |
| Aztec warriors belonged to this social class. | Nobles |
| These linked the Aztec capital city to the mainland. | causeways |
| These were called “floating gardens.” | chinampas |
| This is the most famous Aztec sculpture. | Calendar Stone |
| These were built as a place to bury kings and to observe the stars. | Pyramids |
| This was a ball game that was a religious ritual. | Pok-aTok |
| This is how often the Mayas rebuilt their temples. | 52 years |
| This is the name of the region where the ancient Mayas lived. | Central America |
| This is the name of the Mayan religious calendar | Tzolkin |
| The Mayas studied this science, which helped in developing calendars. | astromony |
| This calendar has 260 days. | Tzolkin |
| This calendar has 365 days | Haab |
| This observatory was used to predict the equinox. | El Caracol |
| A serpent appears to crawl down the steps of this pyramid at an equinox | Kukulcan |
| The Mayan math system is made up of this number of symbols. | 3 |
| The Mayas thought that this planet was more important than the sun. | Venus |
| This occurs when the Earth, sun, and moon are in a nearly straight line. | Eclipse |
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