The Maya felt _____________ and ______________ were very important.

Who worshipped nature gods?

Had excellent medical techniques and an accurate calendar.

The Mayan civilization is located in ___________ and ______________.

They were the first in the region to fully develop a system of writing called hieroglyphics.

Mayans believed in sacrificing ___________ to please the gods.

Area of land that juts into the Caribbean Sea?

Period when the Mayas lived in fishing villages.

Period when the Mayas built many great cities.

Period after the collapse of the Mayan empire.

The largest Mayan city.

Time when soldiers from Spain conquered the natives of the new world.

The most well-known structure in the Mayan cities were ____________.

They had their own government, languages, trading system, and advanced armies.

The Aztec invented_________.

Who had a capital named Tenochtitlan?

The island city of Tenochtitlan was home to more than ___________ people and contained ___________, ______________, and palaces.

Advanced in astronomy, mathematics, and had an accurate calendar.

Who was the king of the Aztec civilization?

The region of north or northwest Mexico from which the Aztec came.

What was the region in central Mexico where the Aztecs settled?

What language was spoken by the Aztecs?

Who was the greatest Aztec emeror?

An Aztec family group that means "big house"?

The leader of the 1519 and later expeditions into Mexico that conquered the Aztecs.

Spanish soldiers who conquered the natives of the New World.

Montezuma II was the ruler of this civilization at the time of the Spanish invasion.

The Aztecs had no resistance against this disease that the Spanish brought over.

Located in Central Americ and peaked between 13oo and 1500 AD.

Who found the Aztecs and fought to take their capital Tenochtitlan?

What percentage of the Aztecs died from European diseases in 60 years?

Had a population of over 200,000.

They had their own language, trading system, more advanced government, large cities, and a very good system of roads.

Machu Picchu was built high in these mountains by the Aztecs.

In order to grow plants on mountain sides, the Incas built ___________ ________________to farm on.

In 1532 they were the largest empire in Latin America.

The capital city of the Incan Empire is _________?

This is a knotted and colored cord device used for counting by the Incas.

The leader that the Incas conquered most of their territory under?

What animal provided the Incas with food, wool, and a way to transport men and goods?

The leader of the Spanish invaders who defeated the Incas in 1532?

Who was the brother who won the Incan civil war and became the Inca leader; he was later executed by the Spanish?

Who was the brother who lost the Incan civil war?

Who captured Atahualpa and offered him enough gold to fill the room he was imprisoned in and twice that amount in silver to be freed? The Incas fulfilled the ransom, but ________________ killed Atahualpa ending the Incan empire?