Mesoamerica Flashcards

Question

When did the Spanish defeat the Aztec?

Answer 1

Shark teeth, seashells obsidian Jade

Answer 2

Coastal Plains volcanoes Highlands and mountains

Answer 3

it was one of the staple foods Mesoamerica the meso Americans even had a maze god that was carved on altars and temples

Answer 4

The Mayan god of maze was the most important god in the mesoamerican religion. They prayed to him for a good cro and a good life pictures of him were also on cacao drink containers.

Answer 5

The ball game was a popular sport in Mesoamerica the Olmec most likely invented the game. It had religious importance, and the practice of human sacrifice viewers also gambled on the game, betting trading goods and even selling themselves into slavery so they could pay off their debt.

Answer 6

You could only use your hips and thighs you have to move the ball through a hoop to win. You can also bounce it off the walls.

Answer 7

It had the kings, nobility, commoners, and slaves. Kings and Nobles had all their needs met y commoners and slaves. Kings and Nobles also wore animal, skins feather, headdresses, and elaborate jewelry. slaves were often in captiured durring war, and were sacrificed to gods.

Answer 8

The Mayan writing system contained about 800 different symbols. The hieroglyphs were symbols of sounds numbers phrases and words they were right on a page starting up and down then left to right in pairs. Am I in book was called a codex

Answer 9

Ancient Egypt also had hieroglyphs

Answer 10

The Chechen Itza can be found in the Yucatán Peninsula

Answer 11

Their social classes consisted of a ruler which was the head of the government, but could also be a priest, then came nobility, which could be military leaders, government officials, merchants, and landowners, then came the commoners which were farmers laborers, and servants however they could be rich and slaves, which were debt owers and prisoners of war

Answer 12

A book made of animal skin or bark they wrote hieroglyphs and ink to record, astronomy ceremonies, prophecies, and the calendar

Answer 13

A 52 year calendar round highly complex calendar that was used by other American civilizations. They attract the movement of the planets, but they also had a doomsday myth of 2012.

Answer 14

We don’t know for sure what happened to the Maya however they could’ve declined because they were too large. They had a long drought and famine and possible wars.

Answer 15

Yes, their language and traditions live on

Answer 16

The Aztec were located in central Mexico. Their capital was tenochitlan with a population of over 250000 people. This city was on an island in a lake . They had floating gardens to grow food. They grew onions peppers avocados and tomatoes and used cacao Ben’s as currency.

Answer 17

They made causeways stone aqueducts chinampas and macuahuitl

Answer 18

They built causeways for transport. They connected the island to the mainland.

Answer 19

The lake water around their city was undrinkable so they created stone aqueducts to carry water into the city.

Answer 20

A floating garden they put soil on a raft that was anchored on trees

Answer 21

The Aztec armies use these wooden swords with obsidian blades

Answer 22

similar to a city, state groups of families that share land schools and a temple

Answer 23

The emperor was in charge of tributes laws and trade. The nobles could be tax collectors or government officials, but those positions are passed down from there father. The priest were in charge of the calendar tradition and their history warriors conquer land brought wealth to the empire and captured victims for sacrifice commoners were merchants and artisan, and farmers and slaves the final social class was farmers and slaves. Farmers grew crops and slaves would work and be sacrificed

Answer 24

Weapons, alliances, geography, and disease

Answer 25

The Aztecs cannot defeat the Spaniards cannons and armor. They also feared their horses.

Answer 26

Allies in the area, assisted the Spanish for information supplies and warrior were given to help defeat the Aztecs

Answer 27

The Spanish plot the causeways and bridges to and from the city this cut off their water and food supply so they died from starvation

Answer 28

Smallpox and other diseases swept through the Aztec population

Answer 29

The Inca empire were located in South America in the high to the Andys mountains. Their capital was Cusco. It was in a mountain valley in southern Peru.

Answer 30

They had highly skilled farmers who created canals to irrigate their crops. There were also skilled and jewelry making other crafts. They invented QUIPU which was a way to record information by using color and no strings

Answer 31

They were runners that carried messages and they also carried QUIPU they were highly trained and fit

Answer 32

They recorded info by using colored strings and knots

Answer 33

They learned about brain surgery, blood transfusions, and had advancements and medicine

Answer 34

They had a religion based on agriculture. The God of the son was the most important, but they rarely did human sacrifices.

Answer 35

They were the most powerful army in the Andes mountains. They use hand to hand combat by using clubs, slings, battle, access and lances made of stone, copper and bronze. Neighboring civilizations will be invited to join them, and they would agree out of fear. This is how the army in the empire were able to grow so big.

Answer 36

He took the ruler prisoner, and he would execute them after the rulers death. The empire would fall. Also the Inca cannot compete with the Spanish cannons, helmets, armor, and horses as they gave them a huge advantage.