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Mesoamerica Rhyme Time Geography Hodgepodge “T”ake me to

Mesoamerica People of

Mesoamerica

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Rhyme Time

A nickname for “mom” and the

most important animal for the

Inca civilization

$100 Answer from Rhyme Time

What is a mama

llama?

$200 Question from Rhyme Time

A person in a story who

does something important

or noble and the number

that the Mayans were the

first group to use.

$200 Answer from Rhyme Time

What is a hero zero?

$300 Question from Rhyme Time

Another word for “strange”

and what the Aztec emperor

believed that the Spanish

leader was.

$300 Answer from Rhyme Time

What is an odd God?

$400 Question from Rhyme Time

A popular chip brand and the

most important crop for the

Mayans and Aztecs.

$400 Answer from Rhyme Time

What is Lays maize?

$500 Question from Rhyme Time

A type of bread and a labor tax

system where taxes are paid

with work.

$500 Answer from Rhyme Time

What is pita mita?

$100 Question from Geography

This means “Middle America”

$100 Answer from Geography

What is Mesoamerica?

$200 Question from Geography

The Aztec capital city was built

on one of these.

$200 Answer from Geography

What is an island?

$300 Question from Geography

The name of the Inca capital

city.

$300 Answer from Geography

What is Cuzco?

$400 Question from Geography

The first Incans lived here.

$400 Answer from Geography

What is the Andes Mountains?

$500 Question from Geography

Both the occupation and

location of the first Aztecs.

$500 Answer from Geography

What is farmers from

northern Mexico?

$100 Question from Hodgepodge

The Mayans built these buildings

to study the sky.

$100 Answer from Hodgepodge

What are observatories?

$200 Question from Hodgepodge

These were raised roads built by

the Aztecs to get to their capital

city.

$200 Answer from Hodgepodge

What are causeways?

$300 Question from Hodgepodge

This was a knotted cord used by the

Inca to count and keep records.

$300 Answer from Hodgepodge

What is a quipu?

$400 Question from Hodgepodge

The name of the official language

of the Inca

$400 Answer from Hodgepodge

What is Quechua?

$500 Question from Hodgepodge

The Maya had two different

calendars. The calendar that

planned religious events was this

many days long.

$500 Answer from Hodgepodge

What is 260 days?

$100 Question from

“T”ake me to Mesoamerica

The Spanish gained allies in

fighting the Aztecs because

nearby groups were tired of

paying these to the Aztecs

$100 Answer from “T”ake me to

Mesoamerica

What are tributes?

$200 Question from “T”ake me

to Mesoamerica

The capital city of the Aztecs

$200 Answer from “T”ake me to

Mesoamerica

What is Tenochtitlan?

$300 Question from “T”ake me

to Mesoamerica

Mesoamerican ball courts were

built next to these.

$300 Answer from “T”ake me to

Mesoamerica

What are temples?

$400 Question from “T”ake me

to Mesoamerica

The Mayans and Incans increased

their farming by using these on

hills.

$400 Answer from “T”ake me to

Mesoamerica

What are terraces?

$500 Question from “T”ake me

to Mesoamerica

The Altiplano Indians are

known for this major city.

$500 Answer from “T”ake me to

Mesoamerica

What is Teotihuacan?

$100 Question from People of

Mesoamerica

He was the leader of the Aztecs

when the Spanish arrived.

$100 Answer from People of

Mesoamerica

Who was Moctezuma II

$200 Question from People of

Mesoamerica

The name of two conquistadors

who conquered the Aztecs and

Incas.

$200 Answer from People of

Mesoamerica

Who are Hernando Cortes (Aztecs)

and Francisco Pizzarro (Incas)

$300 Question from People of

Mesoamerica

Inti was the god of this for the

Inca

$300 Answer from People of

Mesoamerica

What is the Sun God?

$400 Question from People of

Mesoamerica

He was the founder of the Inca

Empire.

$400 Answer from People of

Mesoamerica

What is Manco Capac?

$500 Question from People of

Mesoamerica

When the Spanish arrived at

the Inca Empire Atahualpa

was in charge. Atahualpa had

just finished up a civil war

verses this man.

$500 Answer from People of

Mesoamerica

Who is Huascar?

Final Jeopardy

The Aztecs were ruled as an

empire. The Mayans were divided

up into city states. This was the

largest Mayan city state, which

had over 100,000 at its peak.

Final Jeopardy Answer

What is Tikal?