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Maya
Inca
Aztec
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Name for the
Maya ruler.
What is halach uinic?
A 100
Offerings to please
the gods.
What are plants, food, flowers,
feathers, jade, shells, animals and
humans?
A 200
This was the
distinctive Mayan
architectural feature.
What is the corbeled arch?
A 300
Maya agricultural
techniques to produce
more food.
What are slash-and-burn, raised
fields, and terraces?
A 400
Five major theories on
the decline of the
Maya.
What are ecological catastrophes, invasion,
revolution, calendric prophecy and a
combination of shift in trade routes, invasion,
revolution, overtaxing resources and belief in
calendric prophecy?
A 500
Inca technique
for surgery.
What is trephination?
B 100
Allowed Inca to
consult their dead
rulers and have them
on hand at festivals.
What is mummification?
B 200
Incas used these
to keep records.
What are quipu?
B 300
Inca forced
conquered people
to learn this.
What is Quechua (language)?
B 400
The foundation of
Inca society.
What was the Ayllu?
B 500
Aztec symbol that
led them to settle in
the Valley of Mexico.
What is the Eagle and the Cactus?
C 100
Major ways the
Aztec adapted to
their island
location (3).
What is built causeways,
aqueduct and chinampas?
C 200
Reason Aztecs
thought human
sacrifice was
important.
What is to keep the gods strong and the
world safe from destruction?
C 300
Four main
powers of the
Aztec emperor.
What is lead religious ceremonies,
control law, trade and tribute, and
warfare?
C 400
Given to the Aztec
as tribute.
What is food, cacao, gems, stones,
cotton, cloth, animals/skins, shells,
building materials, soldiers?
C 500
Making clothes/cloth for
army, serving in army,
working in mines,
building roads, work on
government farms.
What is mit’a?
D 100
Ancestors of the
Maya who built
huge stone
heads.
Who are the Olmec?
D 200
Stone columns
that the Mayans
wrote on.
What are steles?
D 300
Leaders of
groups
conquered by
the Incas.
Who are the curacas?
D 400
Role geography
played in Maya
economy.
What people traded natural
resources locally throughout
the civilization?
D 500
We had a written
language.
Who are the Maya and Aztec?
E 100
Civilization that
lived in large
settlements called
calpullis.
Who are the Aztec?
E 200
We do not have
merchants.
Who are the Inca?
E 300
This civilization
had a vertical
economy.
Who are the Inca?
E 400
Similarities between
the rise of both the
Aztec and Inca
Empires.
What is both expanded through warfare and
alliances, and both expected tribute or
allegiance?
E 500
This civilization
traded at the Great
Market.
Who are the Aztec?
F 100
Item used as a
form of money
in trade.
What are cacao beans?
F 200
Civilizations that set
the stage for the
development of the
Inca civilization.
Who are the Chavin, Nazca,
Moche and Chimu?
F 300
These civilizations
used a barter
system for trade
Who are the Maya and Aztec?
F 400
Five gods in the
Inca religion.
Who are Inti (sun god), Illapu (weather god
and rain giver), Paca Mama (Earth Mother),
Mama Cocha (goddess of sea), Viracocha
(creator of world) ?
F 500
The Final Jeopardy
Category is:
Maya, Inca, Aztec
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Describe the
differences and
similarities
between Aztec,
Maya, and Inca.
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Same religious beliefs: Priest-Kings,
polytheism and human sacrifice.
Different achievements and farming
techniques. Maya developed a calendar
and number system, Inca created a
complex road system and the Aztecs used
chinampas to farm crops.
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