M2S2 Part 1

Question 1

what does mesoamerica mean?

Answer 1

Middle America

Question 2

3 Major Civilization:

Answer 2

Maya
Inca
Aztec

Question 3

civilization lasted 2,000 years

Answer 3

mayan civilization

Question 4

one of the most advanced societies in MesoAmerica

Answer 4

Mayan Civilization

Question 5

Mayan Civilization are known for what?

Answer 5

1. works on astornomy
2. predicting eclipses
3. calendar systems
4. hydraulics system
5. Mayan Heirogliphics

Question 6

sun is located directly at the top during Spring or Fall Equinoxes

Answer 6

Chichen Itza

Question 7

one of the world’s first civilizations to use a writing system known as the Mayan Heiroglyphics (Pictographs Writing)

Answer 7

Mayan civilization

Question 8

useful for planning their activities and in observing their religious rituals and cultural celebrations

Answer 8

Mayan Calendar

Question 9

The most popular ball game where players struck the ball with their hips and are not allowed to use their hands

Answer 9

Pok-Ta-Pok

Question 10

extensive irrigation system, fed by nine streams that ran though Palenque to the fields below

Answer 10

Hydraulics System

Question 11

made advanced scientific ideas considering their limitations as an old civilization

Answer 11

Inca Civilization

Question 12

Inca Civilization is known for:

Answer 12

• roads paved with stones
• stone buildings that surmounted earthquakes
• first suspension bridge
• Quipu
• Inca textiles

Question 13

finished with precisely arranged paving stones or cobbles

Answer 13

Inca Road System

Question 14

can surmount earthquakes and other disasters

Answer 14

Inca Stone Buildings

Question 15

were an integral part of the Inca road system and exeplify Inca innovation in engineering

Answer 15

suspension bridge

Question 16

why were suspension bridges useful to the Inca people

Answer 16

they did not use wheeled transport

Question 17

The Inca poeple used them for collecting data and keeping records, monitoring tax obligations, properly collection census records, calendrical information, and for military organization

Answer 17

quipu

Question 18

came to symbolize both wealth and status, fine cloth could be used as both a tax and currency

Answer 18

Inca Textiles

Question 19

became amongst the most prized of all possessions, even more precious than gold or silver

Answer 19

Inca Textiles

Question 20

has also made substantial contribution to science and technology

Answer 20

Aztec Civilization

Question 21

Aztec Civilization is known for:

Answer 21

• Mandatory education
• Chocolates
• Antipasmodic medication
• Chinampa
• Aztec Calendar
• Invention of the Canoe

Question 22

made from the cacao tree

Answer 22

Aztec Chocolate

Question 23

cacao tree is known to the Aztecs as what

Answer 23

Xocatl

Question 24

believed to help relieve insomnia, elipsy, and high blood pressure

Answer 24

Antipasmodic Medication

Question 25

Given to patients before surgery to relax muscles and prevent muscle spasms

Answer 25

Antipasmodic Medication