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Aztec Facts The Maya

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Question 1 - 10 • This city was founded by the Aztecs on the place where an eagle was perched on a cactus, on a rock, with a snake in its beak.

Answer 1 – 10 • Tenochtitlán

Question 1 - 20 • This is the name of the modern day city were the Aztec capital city was located.

Answer 1 – 20 • Mexico City

Question 1 - 30 • This is the name for the language spoken by the Aztec people

Answer 1 – 30 • Nahuatl

Question 1 - 40 • When they first arrived in Central America, the Aztec people were good at THIS, not war as they were later remembered.

Answer 1 – 40 • Farming

Question 1 - 50 • The Aztecs built their empire with these two tactics.

Answer 1 – 50 • Warfare and trade

Question 2 - 10 How was political power divided among the Maya?

Answer 2 – 10 There were many city states

Question 2 - 20 What people made up the slave population in Mayan society?

Answer 2 – 20 Criminals and captured soldiers from other city states

Question 2 - 30 What were the two largest Mayan city states?

Answer 2 – 30 Tikal and Palenque

Question 2 - 40 What are the three main eras of Mayan civilization?

Answer 2 – 40 Pre-classic, classic, post-classic

Question 2 - 50 What most likely happened to the Maya?

Answer 2 – 50 Drought and poor treatment of the environment led to famine, war ended trade between the city states, which could not sustain the same amount of people as before

Question 3 - 10 • The head of the Aztec government is this man. (Hint: not a specific person)

Answer 3 – 10 • The King

Question 3 - 20 • When worshiping, the Aztecs performed THESE, over 10,000 a year.

Answer 3 – 20 • Human sacrifices

Question 3 - 30 • Name two specific jobs found in the Aztec empire.

Answer 3 – 30 • • • • •

Farmers Merchants Artisans Warriors Priests

Question 3 - 40 • In Aztec society, these people were in the lowest or poorest class of people.

Answer 3 – 40 • Farmers & Slaves

Question 3 - 50 • Aztecs kept detailed written records in THESE.

Answer 3 – 50 • A codex, or codices.

Question 4 - 10 • The Aztecs built a great empire, but were conquered by THIS group of people in 1521.

Answer 4 – 10 • The Spanish

Question 4 - 20 • THIS group of people developed complex social, religious, artistic, and scientific systems in their empire.

Answer 4 – 20 • The Aztec

Question 4 - 30 • Name two scientific achievements of the Aztecs.

Answer 4 – 30 • Calendar • Medicinal plants

Question 4 - 40 • Besides writing codices, the Aztecs also kept their stories and traditions alive through THIS.

Answer 4 – 40 • Story telling or oral traditions

Question 4 - 50 • These kept fresh water flowing into the Aztec cities and helped maintain the way of life for the Aztecs.

Answer 4 – 50 • Canals

Question 5 - 10 • This was a combination of bridges and roads built across water to protect Tenochtitlán.

Answer 5 – 10 • Causeways

Question 5 - 20 • This is a developed group of people with 8 features to identify them.

Answer 5 – 20 • Civilization

Question 5 - 30 • A group of cities, land or people all controlled by one leader or government.

Answer 5 – 30 • Empire

Question 5 - 40 • When people move from one place to another, they are doing THIS.

Answer 5 – 40 • Migrate

Question 5 - 50 • This is another name for Central America, it includes the area in the middle of the North and South America.

Answer 5 – 50 • Mesoamerica

Final Jeopardy Tally your totals, and bet an amount on final jeopardy. Write your answer to this question: Question: Tenochtitlan fell when this man-and other Spanish conquistadors-killed Montezuma, the Aztec emperor in 1521.