Aztec Facts The Maya 8 Features Big Ideas Vocabulary

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Question 1 - 10

• This city was founded by the Aztecs on the place where an eagle was perched on a cactus, on a rock, with a snake in its beak.

Answer 1 – 10

• Tenochtitlán

Question 1 - 20

• This is the name of the modern day city were the Aztec capital city was located.

Answer 1 – 20

• Mexico City

Question 1 - 30

• This is the name for the language spoken by the Aztec people

Answer 1 – 30

• Nahuatl

Question 1 - 40

• When they first arrived in Central America, the Aztec people were good at THIS, not war as they were later remembered.

Answer 1 – 40

• Farming

Question 1 - 50

• The Aztecs built their empire with these two tactics.

Answer 1 – 50

• Warfare and trade

Question 2 - 10

How was political power divided among the Maya?

Answer 2 – 10

There were many city states

Question 2 - 20

What people made up the slave population in Mayan society?

Answer 2 – 20

Criminals and captured soldiers from other city states

Question 2 - 30

What were the two largest Mayan city states?

Answer 2 – 30

Tikal and Palenque

Question 2 - 40

What are the three main eras of Mayan civilization?

Answer 2 – 40

Pre-classic, classic, post-classic

Question 2 - 50

What most likely happened to the Maya?

Answer 2 – 50

Drought and poor treatment of the environment led to famine, war ended trade between the city states, which could not sustain the same amount of people as before

Question 3 - 10

• The head of the Aztec government is this man. (Hint: not a specific person)

Answer 3 – 10

• The King

Question 3 - 20

• When worshiping, the Aztecs performed THESE, over 10,000 a year.

Answer 3 – 20

• Human sacrifices

Question 3 - 30

• Name two specific jobs found in the Aztec empire.

Answer 3 – 30

• Farmers• Merchants• Artisans• Warriors• Priests

Question 3 - 40

• In Aztec society, these people were in the lowest or poorest class of people.

Answer 3 – 40

• Farmers & Slaves

Question 3 - 50

• Aztecs kept detailed written records in THESE.

Answer 3 – 50

• A codex, or codices.

Question 4 - 10

• The Aztecs built a great empire, but were conquered by THIS group of people in 1521.

Answer 4 – 10

• The Spanish

Question 4 - 20

• THIS group of people developed complex social, religious, artistic, and scientific systems in their empire.

Answer 4 – 20

• The Aztec

Question 4 - 30

• Name two scientific achievements of the Aztecs.

Answer 4 – 30

• Calendar• Medicinal plants

Question 4 - 40

• Besides writing codices, the Aztecs also kept their stories and traditions alive through THIS.

Answer 4 – 40

• Story telling or oral traditions

Question 4 - 50

• These kept fresh water flowing into the Aztec cities and helped maintain the way of life for the Aztecs.

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• Canals

Question 5 - 10

• This was a combination of bridges and roads built across water to protect Tenochtitlán.

Answer 5 – 10

• Causeways

Question 5 - 20

• This is a developed group of people with 8 features to identify them.

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• Civilization

Question 5 - 30

• A group of cities, land or people all controlled by one leader or government.

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• Empire

Question 5 - 40

• When people move from one place to another, they are doing THIS.

Answer 5 – 40

• Migrate

Question 5 - 50

• This is another name for Central America, it includes the area in the middle of the North and South America.

Answer 5 – 50

• Mesoamerica

Final Jeopardy

Tally your totals, and bet an amount on final jeopardy. Write your answer to this question:

Question: Tenochtitlan fell when this man-and other Spanish conquistadors-killed Montezuma, the Aztec emperor in 1521.