603 Quiz 2 Flashcards
What country has many remains of Aztec heritage?
Mexico (and find on map)
What country is home to the Inca Empire?
Peru (and find on map)
Where was the Mayan Empire?
Identify on map (Belize/Guatemala, etc)
Why did the Incas use knotted memory aides?
they didn’t have a written language
Pachacuti said what?
Viracocha was ancient, remote, supreme, and uncreated.
How many months did the Aztec calendar have?
18
How many days did the Aztec months have?
20
How did the Incan relay system work?
1) runner memorizes message and runs to where another runner waits 2) the two runners run together, while the first tells the message to the second 3) the second runner runs on to the where the third runner waits
Traveling through the Andes, the Incas traved by what method?
foot
What did the Incas use to get up and down the steep mountain sides?
Steps
How did the Incas cross gorges?
Swinging bridges
Aztec foods were:
tomatoes, squash, chocolate, pineapple, chili peppers, and sweet potatoes
What did the Aztecs use for food and money?
Cocao beans
The Aztecs believed the world would end after a cycle of how many years?
52 years
What did the Aztecs sacrifice to prevent calamity?
Human sacrifices
Aztec legend tells that a priest was told to settle where?
Where he found an eagle perched on a cactus, eating a snake.
According to the Maya region, those who died went where?
The Place of Fright
What is a sacred Incan object?
huaca
What means “ruler” or “all the people”
Inca
What is the language of the Inca
Quechua
What is a floating raft used for crops called?
Chinampa
What is the language of the Aztecs
Nahuati
What is ruled by one man or group
Empire
A knotted string memory aid
Quipu
Narrow, steep-sided river valley is called what?
Gorge
Steals valuable artifacts
looter
Land of the four quarters (name)
Tawantinsuyu
Tenochtitlan was their capital city…
Aztecs
Their capital city was reclaimed from a lake
Aztecs
Their empire was called Tawantinsuyu
Incas
Mexico City was built on the ruins of their ancient capital
Aztecs
The name “Mexico” comes from a word these people used to describe themselves.
Aztecs
These people believed their god, Quetzalcoatl, would come back.
Aztecs
Viracocha was their “creator god”
Incas
Inti was their sun god
Incas
Their most important god was the “hummingbird god”
Aztecs
“Haucas” ere an important part of their lives
Incas
These people built massive stone buildings, but no pyramids
Incas
