Mayan, Incan, Aztec civilization quiz

Where was the Maya Civilization located?

Central America

What pyramid was built in the city center of Chichen Itza for the god Kukulkan?

El Castillo

What title, meaning “supreme and sacred ruler,” was given to Maya Kings?

Ahu Hai

What name was given to the Maya calendar that tracked a period of 5,125 years, referred to as the Great Cycle?

Long Count calendar

What form of Maya writing used symbols for sounds, words and phrases?

Glyphs

What food was so prized that it was also used as money?

Cacao

What folding books, written in Mayan hieroglyphic script, describes different aspects about their culture?

Codex

What Maya social class was responsible for most of the writing?

Priests

What name was given to the Emperor of the Inca Empire?

Sapa Inca

Called a quipu, in what way did the Inca keep records?

Tying knots in strings

What animal was used by the Inca people for wool, food and transport?

Llama

What Inca city, located high on a mountain ridge, was abandoned when the Spanish invaded Peru?

Machu Picchu

Sometimes called mountain rice, what plant was an important food source for the Inca people?

Quinoa

What Spanish conquistador executed the last Incan Emperor which led to
the end of the Incan Empire?

Francisco Pizarro

What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, which had a large square, pyramid temples, and palaces?

Tenochtitlan

What modern-day city is located on the site of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan?

Mexico City

What did the Aztecs build in order to carry fresh water into the city?

Aqueduct

When an Aztec Priest offered a sacrifice to the Gods, what would he cut out while the victim was still alive?

Heart

In 1519, people from what country arrived by ship to the shores of the Aztec empire?

Spanish

What ruler of Tenochtitlan, from 1502-1520, was killed during the Spanish conquest of Mexico?

Moctezuma II

What disease contributed to the end of the Aztec Empire?

Smallpox