Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations
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| Which civilization was located in the Mexican and Central American rain forest (Yucatan Peninsula)? | Maya
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| What was the Mayan major city? | Chichén Itzá
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| What kind of religion did all three civilizations have? | polytheistic
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| Which civilization was located in central Mexico? | Aztec
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| What was the Aztec major city? | Tenochtitlan
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| Which civilization was located in the Andes Mountains of South America? | Inca
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| What was an Inca major city? | Machu Picchu
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| Mayans developed what kind of calendar? | 365-day calendar
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| Incas kept records using what? | quipu (system of knotted strings)
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| Incas built vast networks of ______. | roads
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| How was the Mayan government set up? | system of city-states, each ruled by a king
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| How was the Aztec government set up? | ruled by an emperor with absolute power
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| How was the Inca government set up? | ruled by an emperor with absolute power
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| What type of language/system of writing did the Mayans develop? | hieroglyphs
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| What is the name of the pyramid at Chichén Itzá? | "El Castillo"
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| Which Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztecs? | Hernan Cortes
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| What disease did the Spanish bring with them to the Americas that killed a lot of the natives? | smallpox
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| What system did the Incas use for the agriculture? | terraced farming
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| What three things caused the downfall of the Aztec Empire? | disease, Spanish conquistadors, human sacrifices
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| What kind of pyramids did the Mayans build? | step pyramids
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| Who was king of the Aztecs when the Spanish arrived? | Montezuma II
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| The Mayans were (probably) the oldest civilization in the world to have this concept: | zero
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| What purpose did the Mayan pyramids have? | temples
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| What modern city is on the site of Tenochtitlan? | Mexico City
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| In what modern country is Machu Picchu? | Peru
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| What is the mountain range in the Inca Empire? | Andes
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| What type of farming did they use in the Aztec Empire? | Chinampa farming
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