WorksheetsMaya or Aztec?
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Who invented the concept of zero?
Aztecs
Maya
Who was located in modern-day Guatemala (on the Yucatan Peninsula)?
Maya
Aztecs
Who had an empire under one ruler with one common language (Nahautl) & a capital city named Tenochitlan?
Aztecs
Maya
Who created the most complex calendar system in the world?
Maya
Aztec
Who was located in modern-day Mexico & Honduras?
Maya
Aztecs
Who was organized into city states, each with its own king, in constant war with one another?
Aztecs
Maya
What are Chinampas?
name for the people who allied with the Spanish to take down the Aztecs
a popular Mayan dish made of maize
artificial islands that the Aztecs created in order to farm on Lake Texcoco
genetic cousins of Chimpanzees, native to Mesoamerica
Which of the following describes the fall of the Aztec empire?
By the time the Spanish arrived, the Aztecs had already mysteriously abandoned their cities.
Spanish conquistadores led by Hernan Cortez used superior technology, alliances with others, and disease to force Aztec surrender.
Already weakened by civil war, the arrival of Francisco Pizarro, his 400 mercenaries, and disease destroyed the empire.
