Maya, Inca, and Aztec quiz

What were ine of the inca's intellectual advances?

Surgery and mummifacation

What wer the Aztec's intellectual advances

Solar calendar

Tenochtitlan was built on an

island in Lake Texcoco.

There were three giant raised roads called

causeways joined the island to the mainland.

The Nobles in Tenochtilan lived in the

city center in stone palaces.

Commoners lived outside Tenochtilan in houses made of mud like bricks called

adobe

How did the Aztecs help raise the land on beds of woven reds in the swamps of Tenochtitlan

They scooped mud from the bottom of the lake and piled it on top of the chinampas to help the crops grow.

The Aztecs were fierce

warriors, but they did n ot usually kill their enemies. Instead , they took as many prisoners as possible.

Aztecs believed that the gods used

blood from their own bodies to make people.

Aztecs had to feed the gods with offerings of blood, especially from the human

heart

The Aztecs lost, and Cortes killed Montezuma and

took over the Aztec Empire

Chinamp

a floating garden on which the aztec grew crops

Hieroglyph

a picture or symbol used in hieroglyphics

Atahualpa

Inca Ruler

Montezuma II

Aztec Ruler

What were the reasons for decline for the Maya's?

It was unknown

What was one of Inca's major cities?

Machu Piccu

What were some of the Inca's challenges?

-Climate went from tropical to polar

-Rainforest, desert, mountains

-Fead 6 million people

What was one of the Aztec's major cities

Tenochtitlan

What were the Aztec's agriculture methods

Floating gardens called "chinampas"

What was the Aztec ruler called

Tlatoani

In the 1200's the ancestors of the Aztecs arrived at

Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico

Aztecs built the city of

Tenochtitian.

The city was named after their ruler, Tenoch , and became

the capital of the Aztec empire.

Tenochtilan was located in what now is

Mexico city

The city of Tenochtilan had both roads and

canals, so people often used canoes to get around as well.

The emperor or leader of the Aztecs was called

tlatoani

In 1519 Spanish explorer was

Herman Cortes

The spaniards were highly trained warriors, and had better

armor and weapons than the Aztecs

What language became of Mexico

spanish

What main religion was in Mexico

christianity

Francisco Pizarro

He defeated the inca ruler atahualpa

Hernan Cortes

He captured the aztec ruler, Montezuma in 1519

Columbian Exchange

The exchange of goods between Europe and its colonies in North and South America.

Machu Picchu

An ancient stone city built by the inca

what are the lands ruled for the maya?

Guatemala and Belize

What was the Maya's agirculture method?

Slash and Burn method

What were the intellectual advances for the Maya?

Hieroglyphs, the ball game and Sacred Round (Their Calendar)

What was one of the Maya's major cities?

Tikal

What were the lands ruled for the Inca?

Andes Mountains

What were some of the Inca's agircultural methods?

Stone terraces and they used guano for fertilizer

What were the resons for decline for the Inca?

-Conquered by the spanish (Fransico Pizarro)

-They were weakened for a 6 year civil war

What did the Inca use for building?

Stone

What is an Inca ruler called?

Sapa Inca

What land did the Aztec rule

Mexico

What were the Aztec's reasons for decline

Conquered by the spanish (Hernan Cortez) in 1521

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