What Was Mayan Civilization Like?

The Incas began as small tribe in which mountain range?

Andes

To please the gods ,the Mayans would often offer sacrifices of human and animals in religious ceremonies. Where were the ceremonies held?

At the temple on top of pyrimids

Which natural materials were used by Maya traders for currency?

Cacao beans

Which reason best decribes the collapse of the Inca Empire in the 1500s?

Conquest by Spanish Solders

In which present-day country did the Maya civilization flourish?

Guatemala

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

Hierarchy

The Spanish Conquest. Location and Land. The Maya, Inca, and Aztecs built great civilizations in Mexico and in Central and South America between 1,800 and 500 years ago. The first of these was the Maya civilization.

Inca and Maya

According to legend, the first Sapa Inca ,__________(c. 1200 CE- 1230) was the son of the sun god, Inti.

Manco Capac

The Mayan and Inca were polytheistic.What is Polytheistic?

The believed in multiple gods

The Mayan homeland which spans the five modern countries of Peru ,Guatemala ,Belize,Elsalvador, and Honduras is called...

Mesoamerica

Officers,commoners,merchants ,and artisans

Middle class

The primary tools the allowed the Spanish to conquer the Inca were horses and _______?

Modern weaponry

Which members of Mayan society were born into their role and were small in number but very powerful

Nobles

In which present-day country did the Inca civilization flourish

Peru

The highest level of the Inca society hierarchy is_______.

Sapa Inca

was the Inca emperor,means "The Great Inca" or "The Only Inca" in Quechua.

Sapa Inca

Which disease , brought to the western hemisphere by the Spanish explorers, killed many people within the Inca Empire?

Smallpox

In more mountainous regions of the empire where farming was difficult,the Inca used which method to grow crops

Terrace Farming

Where was the center of the Inca empire located

The Andes Mountains

What happened when the Spanish conquistadors first came to the Yucatan Peninsula in an attempt to subdue the Mayans?

The Mayans fought valiantly against the Spanish invaders

Which of the following was true about Inca economy

The government distributed all goods ,and there were no markets

How did the Spanish expansion affect the Incan Civilization in Peru?

The population of Inca declined

Why were Mayan rulers involved in religious ceremonies ?

They served as intermediaries(a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement ) between people and gods

The surrender of the Inca to the Spanish was quickened when the Spanish did which of the following ...

Took their ruler captive and held him for ransom(money demanded for the release of prisoner)

Smallpox(decease) was believed to have wiped out over half of the Inca population within the 10 years of the Spanish Invading .True or False?

True

The decline of the Mayan Empire was unknown because there isn't a clear historical record as to what happened to them,although there is some theories.True of False?

True

What crops were important to the Maya

corn

In the Inca empire,why might a conquered tribe be moved to a different area than they originally lived?

they were seen as rebellious.

Workers,servants,and slaves were part of which class

lower class

The Inca had an official religion,which was___________.

polytheistic

Which major crop was important in the Incas

potatoes

Who did Mayan Kings go to for advice or counseling?

priests

Which group of people belonged to the highest class of the Mayan social Hierarchy?

rulers, nobles ,and priests

The Willaq Umu,or high priest was ____________ in Inca society

very powerful and Important