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| 5355188583 | Mayan Empire | Began in 1800 BCE, Yucatan Peninsula, central america | 0 | |
| 5355189777 | Incan Empire | 1200 CE, Cuzo | 1 | |
| 5355192485 | Aztec Empire | 1200 CE, Tenotitchilan Mexico | 2 | |
| 5355195286 | Aztec Women | take care of the home, weave textiles, and raise the children | 3 | |
| 5355196149 | Aztec Capital | Tenotitchilan | 4 | |
| 5355201034 | Religion(Mayan) | Polytheistic - supreme god was named Itzamna; deities had human characteristics - human sacrifice to appease the gods | 5 | |
| 5355201932 | Religion(Aztec) | polytheistic - belief in the existence of two worlds - if the people performed human sacrifices they believed Huitzilopochtli, the sun god would delay the destruction of the world a little longer. | 6 | |
| 5355203871 | Religion(Inca) | Polytheistic; gods consisted of the sky, inner earth, and outer earth. Believed that heaven was real and prepared people for afterlife through mummification. No sacred place for the dead: Coricancha : Inca temple complex located in the capital city of Cuzco | 7 | |
| 5355205608 | Horses | What animal did the Spaniards have with them that surprised the Aztecs? | 8 | |
| 5355207600 | Maize | What were the most common crops traded by the Mayans? | 9 | |
| 5355208769 | the sacred ball court | Throughout Mesoamerica, a dangerous game was played on ball courts. A large ball of solid rubber was propelled from the hip at such tremendous speed that players had to wear extensive padding. More than athletic contest, the game had religious significance. The court is thought to have represented the cosmos and the ball the sun, and the losers were sacrificed in post game ceremonies. | 10 | |
| 5355210980 | Hieroglyphics | Mayan Writing system | 11 | |
| 5355213605 | Pietographs | Aztecs writing system | 12 | |
| 5355215616 | Hernan Cortes | Who conquered the Aztecs? | 13 | |
| 5355217121 | Francisco Pizzaro | Who conquered the Incas? | 14 | |
| 5355218452 | The Aztecs:Gold | Which of the three civilizations had a set monetary system? | 15 | |
| 5355220433 | Mayan Intellectual Achievements | Mathematics: created the number 0 Irrigation Pyramids/ temples: architecture 365 day calendar astronomy , art, writing | 16 | |
| 5355222556 | Aztec Intellectual Achievements | Pyramid dedicated to the sun God Writing but no alphabet (pictographs) 2 calendars 1 for time and 1 for religious events Overall strict laws | 17 | |
| 5355223930 | Inca Intellectual Achievements | Inca highway art , jewelry, terrace, pottery, woven fabrics medicine , road networks Architecture and irrigation systems Medicine: patients unconscious during surgery | 18 | |
| 5355226577 | 18 Rabbit | 18 Rabbit was a Mayan King ordered the construction of a grand palace requiring more than 30,000 person-days of labor. | 19 | |
| 5355227952 | Mita | a special system in which the Incas used. This system required all male peasants under Inca control to do unpaid work for the Inca government for a specified period of time each year. The system allowed to Incas to build all the roads and temples that they had. Later in history, the Spanish adopted this system but altered it and left it in bad condition. | 20 | |
| 5355229813 | Aztec Human Sacrafice | In order to postpone the day of reckoning, the aztecs practiced human sacrifice. The Aztecs believed that by appeasing the sun god, Huitzilopochtli, with sacrifices, they could delay the final destruction of their world. Victims were prepared for the ceremony through elaborate rituals and then brought to the holy shrine, where their hearts were ripped out of their chests and presented to the Gods as a holy offering. | 21 | |
| 5355231276 | The Stone of the Sun | A massive stone disk carved for use at the central pyramid at Tenochtitlan. It was a representation of the gods and bas-reliefs depicting religious ceremonies. | 22 | |
| 5355232170 | Chinampas | is a type of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. | 23 | |
| 5355233211 | Mayan Decline | invasion, internal revolt, natural disease. | 24 | |
| 5355234653 | Which three virtues did Quetzalcoatl represent? | Creation, virtue, learning and culture. | 25 | |
| 5355235613 | It was easy for the Spanish to overcome the Aztecs because they have never seen men in armor or horses so they believed it was their god. The Spanish overcame the Incas easily smallpox had already started to affect them therefore Pizarro captured the ruler and threaten to kill him once he got what he wanted he killed Atahualpa and the empire fell. | Why was it so easy for the Spanish to overcome the Aztecs and the Incas? | 26 | |
| 5356809031 | Incan Record System | Quipus | 27 | |
| 5356812148 | Who took over Chichen Itza? | The Toltecs, led by Kukulcan | 28 | |
| 5356828376 | Mayan Government Style | aristocratic monarchs | 29 | |
| 5356831896 | Aztec Government Style | authoritarian → power in monarch (divine and secular) | 30 | |
| 5356833322 | Incan Government Style | Pachacuti (ruler) → highly centralized state | 31 |
