Unit 09: Mesoamerica

Where was the Aztec civilization located?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, mostly Peru

What were chinampas?

• the name for Aztec city-states

• people who lived in Tenochtitlan

• farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled

• walls of skulls at temples

Building chinampas allowed the Aztec to

• farm in swamp land

• defeat the other city-states

• carve skulls into stone wall

• create intricate green masks

What is the name of the lake where the Aztec settled?

• Lake Texcoco

• Lake Tahoe

• Lake Templo

• Lake Cusco

What's the name of the Aztec Capital?

• Texcoco

• Chinapa

• Templo Mayor

• Tenochtitlan

What is one way we know about the legacy of the Aztec civilization?

• the Aztec made codices (like books) with glyphs describing their history

• The Spanish were very careful with Aztec goods and artifacts and have preserved them

• Carvings in caves

• Moctezuma II's Instagram

Where did the Maya live?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America mainly Peru

To please the gods, the Maya offered

• food & animals

• plants & precious objects

• human sacrifice

• all of the above

The ball game that the Maya played

• was sacred

• was done by the pyramids

• could go on for days

• all of the above

Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?

• They built a pyramid

• They played a complicated ball game

• They created a 365 day calendar

• all of the above