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52 Cards in this Set
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The oldest method of Mayan farming.
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Slash and burn method.
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The Incas built these two things to keep the empire together.
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Roads and bridges.
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The capital of the Incan empire.
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Cuzco.
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The most common Mayan fiber.
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Cotton.
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The Spanish capital during the Mayan period.
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Merida.
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The Incas used ______ to deliver messages throughout the empire.
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Runners.
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The best preserved ancient Incan city.
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Machu Picchu.
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Two reasons Aztecs went to war.
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Tribute and sacrificial victims.
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The Aztecs thought Cortes was the returning god ______.
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Quetzalcoatl.
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A ______ was an Aztec cure doctor or shaman.
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Ticitl.
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The Aztec lunar calendar was based on.
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Phases of the moon.
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The Incas made bronze by.
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Mixing copper and tin.
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The ruins of an obervatory can be seen in the ancient city of.
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Chichen Itza.
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The largest Mayan City.
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Tikal.
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Cortes and his men were known as the __________.
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Conquistadors.
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Who led the invasion that conquered the Aztecs?
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Hernando Cortes.
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One method of Mayan sacrifice was to cut out the ______ of the victim.
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Heart.
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The Incan name for corn.
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Sara.
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_______ is one of the most famous Aztec sculptures.
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Coatlicue.
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What was the Mayan ruler called.
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Halich unich.
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What was an Aztec board game called?
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A patolli.
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When did the Mayan empire collapse?
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850 A.D.
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The Maya lived in and around what?
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The Yucatan Peninsula.
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__________ was the Aztec earth mother goddess.
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Tlazoteotl.
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What did the Maya believe they were?
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Corn people.
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What did the Maya people look like?
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They had flat heads, crossed eyes, and painted bodies.
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The Incan empire stretched from where to where?
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Argentina to Peru.
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A _______ was a sacred place or thing that the Incas worshipped.
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Huaca.
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What was the Aztec capital?
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Tenochtitlan.
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What did the spanish bring with them that frightened the Incas?
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Horses.
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A _____ is a service tax paid by physical labor.
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Mita.
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What did each Incan city have in it?
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A plaza with three major temples, and public buildings surrounding it.
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_________ was the most important Aztec ball game.
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Tlachtli.
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When was Tlachtli played?
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At religious ceremonies.
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What kind of armor did Aztec warriors wear?
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Padded cotton armor.
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________ were small islands formed in lake swamps used for farming.
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Chinampas.
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The Maya believed they lived on the back of what animal?
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A crocodile.
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Maya writing used pictures called what?
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Glyphs.
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Who defeated the Incas?
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Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas.
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What was used for Incan clothing?
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Alpaca wool.
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What was the name of the Incan sun god?
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Inti.
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What did the Mayans use in place of money?
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Cocoa beans.
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What was the Aztec word for clan?
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Calpolli.
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What were Aztec schools called?
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Telpuchcalli.
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Where did the Aztecs live?
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Central Mexico.
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What year was the famous Aztec calendar stone discovered?
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1790.
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The Incan ruler _________ was put to death by Pizarro.
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Atahualpa.
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What was the ruler of the Incan empire called?
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"The Inca".
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Who was the greatest Aztec ruler?
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Montezuma I (the first).
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What city was built on lake Texcoco?
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Tenochtitlan.
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