Mesoamerica Vocabulary Unit

What is the word for invading and seizing control of a place by force?

• Ritual

• Tribute

• Conquest

• Hierarchy

What is the word for a set of actions performed consistently in religious ceremonies?

• Divine Right

• Offerings

• Hierarchy

• Ritual

What is a payment or gift as a sign of respect or submission called?

• Tribute

• Smallpox

• Causeways

• Step Pyramids

What are Mayan temples used to observe the stars and for religious purposes?

• Divine Right

• Step Pyramids

• Offerings

• Mesoamerica

The idea that a king or queen is given right to rule by god/gods and that rebellion against them is going against the god/gods:

• Smallpox

• Divine Right

• Hierarchy

• Causeways

What is the system where individuals or groups are ranked by status or authority?

• Ritual

• Tribute

• Hierarchy

• Offerings

Something given in order to make the gods happy is called:

• Smallpox

• Mesoamerica

• Offerings

• Causeways

The deadly disease introduced to the Aztecs that made them very sick:

• Smallpox

• Divine Right

• Hierarchy

• Step Pyramids

What region includes southern Mexico and parts of northern Central America?

• Divine Right

• Offerings

• Smallpox

• Mesoamerica

What are raised roads over water or wet ground, used in Tenochtitlan, called?

• Step Pyramids

• Divine Right

• Causeways

• Tribute