Maya, Aztec, Inca

What caused the end of the Aztec Empire?

• Disease killed most of the population

• Spanish soldiers(under Cortez) captured their capital city

• Loss of crops led to starvation

• The Incas invaded their land

Which country would you visit if you wanted to see the Inca ruins?

• Mexico
• Peru
• Costa Rica
• Brazil

Which country would you visit if you wanted to see the Aztec ruins?

• Peru
• Chile
• Guatemala
• Mexico

Which part of Mexico would you visit if you wanted to see the Mayan ruins?

• Yucatan Peninsula
• Tenochtitlan
• Lake Texcoco
• Peru

Why did the Aztecs sacrifice human beings?

• To scare neighboring tribes
• To punish people who’d fought against the Aztecs
• To appease their gods
• To prevent explosive population growth

Which civilization was warlike?

• Mayas
• Incas
• Aztecs

Which civilization lived in the Andes?

• Mayas
• Incas
• Aztecs

Which civilization was polytheistic?

• Mayas
• Incas
• Aztecs
• All the above

The _________________________ relied on roads and irrigation and ruled what is today Peru before Europeans arrived. 

• Mayas
• Incas
• Aztecs
• Olmecs

The Incas built roads through the _________________________ and occupied Peru at the time the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. 

• Andes Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains 
• Rocky Mountains
• Stone Mountain