Mayan, Aztec, & Inca

What do you call a payment made to a more powerful ruler or country?

• tribute
• jade
• coins
• balance

Maize is

• a crop that was grown by the Mayans
• a place of worship
• an area where crops are grown
• the name of Mayan leaders

Many civilizations have hierarchy or class systems.  What is the order of people in the Aztec society?

• merchants, warriors, farmers, gods, slaves
• slaves, farmers, nobles, priests, kings
• nobles, priests, merchants, farmers, slaves
• gods, kings, slaves, farmers, merchants

Increased warfare, a large population, and severe droughts are all theories about...

• Mayan gods
• creating warriors
• Mayan decline
• reigious festivals

What great city was built on the island of Lake Texacoco?

• Palenque
• Sumer
• Mesopatamia
• Tenochtitlan

The Mayans worked to please the gods through their daily life.  What type of religion were the Mayans?

• Christian
• Monotheistic
• Polytheisic
• Budhist

An aqueduct is

• An ancient coin from the Inca people.

• Pipes or channels designed to carry water from a distant source.

• A plantation owned by Spaniards.

• A duck that likes to drink water.

Hieroglyphics are

• A form of writing using pictures rather than letters.

• Pipes or channels designed to carry water from a distant source.

• Military officers who were very strict.

• How goods and services are produced.

How did the Mayan civilization end?

• War

• It’s a mystery

• Drought

• Famine

What Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

• Coronado

• De Soto

• Columbus

• Cortez