Inca, Maya, Aztec, and Spaniards

Question 1

Which civilization played ball games to the death?

Answer 1

The Maya

Question 2

Who produced a calendar similar to our modern calendar and why?

Answer 2

The maya created the calendar because they had a god for each day of the year.

Question 3

Which civilization used bark paper and what was it called?

Answer 3

The maya used bark paper called codex.

Question 4

Did the Maya use glyphs or hieroglyphs?

Answer 4

glyphs

Question 5

What type of agriculture did the Maya use?

Answer 5

slash and burn agriculture.

Question 6

What factors contributed to the fall of the Maya?

Answer 6

Increased warfare, invaders from the north, and decreased trade due to economic hardships.

Question 7

What was the range of the Maya?

Answer 7

From S. Mexico to N. Gustemala

Question 8

What was the creation myth for the Maya called?

Answer 8

Popolyuh

Question 9

How did the Maya regard their King?

Answer 9

The regarded him as a God.

Question 10

Which empire was divided into 38 provinces?

Answer 10

The Aztec empire.

Question 11

Which civilization allowed the people they conquered to rule themselves if they payed tributes?

Answer 11

The Aztec empire.

Question 12

What were the highest two social levels of the Aztec empire?

Answer 12

The emperor and the upper class.

Question 13

Which civilization joined Texoco and Tlacopan to form the triple alliance?

Answer 13

The Aztec Empire

Question 14

The aztec empire joined who to from the triple alliance?

Answer 14

Texoco and Tlacopan

Question 15

What were Chinampas?

Answer 15

Agricultural plots on the marshes on the edge of the lake.

Question 16

What society used canoes?

Answer 16

The Aztecs

Question 17

Which civilization is modern day Mexico City?

Answer 17

The Aztecs

Question 18

Which civilization used city planning?

Answer 18

The Aztecs

Question 19

What were the main factors of the decline of the Aztecs?

Answer 19

The increased demand of Montezuma II, the arrival of the spaniards spurred rebellions against the Aztec empire.

Question 20

What civilization used strings to count and what was it called?

Answer 20

The Inca empire and it is called a Quipu.

Question 21

What civilization did not have a written language?

Answer 21

The Inca.

Question 22

What was the main god of of the Incan Empire?

Answer 22

Inti

Question 23

What sons fought for rule of the Incan empire?

Answer 23

Atahualpa and Huascar

Question 24

Who was the leader in the rise of the Incan Empire?

Answer 24

Pachacuti

Question 25

Who was the leader of the Incan empire during the fall?

Answer 25

Huayna Capac

Question 26

What civilization used labour tributes and what were they called?

Answer 26

The Incan empire used them and they were called Mita.

Question 27

In what year did the Inca reach the height of their glory?

Answer 27

1500’s

Question 28

What god did the Inca believe their ruler to be a descendent of?

Answer 28

Inti

Question 29

What was the capital of the Incan Empire?

Answer 29

Cusco

Question 30

Which civilization's leader was kidnapped by the Spaniards?

Answer 30

Inca

Question 31

Why did the natives trust the Spaniards?

Answer 31

Because the natives had a more communal social structure.

Question 32

How did the Portuguese get rich?

Answer 32

They planted sugar cane and sold the sugar.

Question 33

What city did columbus take for Spain?

Answer 33

San Salvador

Question 34

Who did columbus sail for?

Answer 34

the nobles; Ferdinand and Isabel

Question 35

What Spaniard attacked the Aztecs?

Answer 35

Cortez

Question 36

What were relationships between the spanish and the natives called?

Answer 36

Mestizo

Question 37

What was the work system put in place by the Spaniards called, and how did it work?

Answer 37

It was called ecominda and was essentially natives forced into working for the spanish.

Question 38

Who conquered the Inca?

Answer 38

Pizzaro

Question 39

Who claimed the Caribbean for Spain?

Answer 39

Cortez

Question 40

When did the natives revolt against the Spanish, and how did the spanish respond?

Answer 40

occurred in 17th century, and the spanish responded by destroying the belongings of the natives.

Question 41

what year did magellan sail?

Answer 41

1519

Question 42

Describe the Spaniards' religious ceremonies:

Answer 42

gold and silver were considered sacred. Cortes killed Aztecs during ceremonies Converted Aztecs

Question 43

What did the spaniards discover?

Answer 43

The new world. | The Hudson river.

Question 44

Describe the Aztec creation story:

Answer 44

``` There was the god Ometecuhtli who was both male and female, who gave birth to four gods. These four gods were the four directions: Huizilopochtli (south), Quetzalcoatl (east), Tezcatlipoca (west), and Xipe Totec (north). ```