Maya, Aztec, & Inca Civilizations
The Mayan system of numbers included the concept of?
0
How many people lived in the Inca Empire?
12 million people.
How many calendars did Maya have?
2
Who was Hernan Cortes?
A Spanish Conquistador who attacked the Aztecs and captured Montezuma.
Why would the tribes surrounding the Aztecs like the Spanish?
A. They did not like being sacrificed to the gods by the Aztecs and Incas. or B. They liked Spanish rice and Flamenco music.
The Incas were surrounded by what mountain range and which ocean?
Andes Mountains, Pacific Ocean
Which civilization most known for their human sacrifice?
Aztec. (Maya)
Where were the Aztec located?
Central Mexico including Mexico City.
Which of the following are not the main cities of the Inca?
Cuzco, Philadelphia, Machu Picchu, Sao Paulo, Quito, Indianapolis, New Inca City
What is quipu and who used it to record information?
Dyed strings joined together and used by the Incas to communicate information throughout the empire.
Who was Sapa Inca
Emperor and absolute ruler of the Inca
Who attacked the Incas and captured Atahualpa?
Francisco Pizarro, Spanish Conquistador.
What was the Mayan system of writing?
Hieroglyphics.
How high were Mayan pyramids?
Higher than the rain forest tree tops, they were the largest and most important buildings
How did the Aztecs and Incas greet the Spanish and why?
In a curious and friendly manor because they thought they were gods. Boy were they wrong. ;-(
Which civilization did not have a written language? How did they record things?
Incas, they used quipu
Who was the last Aztec emperor? He was killed by Cortes.
Montezuma
Maya had what types of structures in their ruins?
Pyramids, Palaces & Ball courts and the occasional toilet.
What was the name of the Aztec capital? Where was it built.
Tenochtitlan was built on an Island (present day Mexico City)
Which civilization where fierce warriors and conquerors?
The Aztecs
Who farmed the Andes mountains and how?
The Inca cut flat surfaces into the mountains called terraces. They had irrigation systems to water crops and suspension bridges.
Which civilization used the Llama and what for?
The Inca used the Llama for carrying things, working in the fields and yummy snacks, also called Llama jerky.
Where were the Inca located?
The Pacific coast of South America
Who had the cannons and guns and why did it matter?
The Spanish brought guns to a knife and stick fight. Guns won.
Who brought small pox and other diseases with them and what happened because of it?
The Spanish brought these with them and the Indian people, who were not immune to these diseases, and they died.
Why where the Aztec constantly at war?
They needed victims to sacrifice
The Aztec where wanderers until what happend?
They saw the Eagle on a cactus with a snake
Maya were located where?
Yucatan Peninsula. (Central Mexico)
What was the Mayan system of numbers based on?
a system of 20
