Exploring Ancient Civilizations: The Incas, Aztecs, and Mayans

1. Test Review Chapter 12

2. sun god • Incan believed that their emperor was related to?

3. quipus • Incan officials kept records on ______________.

4. festivals • To honor the gods, the Mayans held great ___________________.

5. boys from noble families • In the Aztec society who was allowed to go to school?

6. Spanish • Who did the Aztecs surrender to?

7. the god of war • The Aztecs got advice of where to build their captial?

8. human sacrifices • Most Aztec religious ceremonies included what?

9. human blood • The Aztec sun god got its strength from?

10. large pyramids • Where did most Mayan important religious ceremonies take place?

11. To make sure that everyone paid their taxes • The Incans used the census for what purpose?

12. to have more farmland • Terraces were used for what purpose?

13. South America • The Incas live in what now present day country?

14. maize • The most common crop grown by the Aztecs was ______________?

15. in the middle of the lake • The Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was built where?

16. emperor • Who owned all the land in the Incas empire?

17. canals • How did the Aztec farmers transport their products?

18. make farm land • The Mayans used slash and burn to ______________.

19. wealth • Totem poles were used as a sign of what?

20. slaves • The lowest position in Aztec society was help by ________________?

21. diseases • The _________________ that the Spanish carried killed much of the Incan population.

22. Eastern • What part of North America did the Mound Builders live?

23. pueblos • Anasazi constructed ____________ as their homes.

24. Chinampas • Aztec island gardens

25. Kachinas • The Pueblos believe in many spirits called ________________.

26. pueblos • Homes constructed by the Anasazi made of stone and adobe

27. periods • The Aztec calendar had 13 ___________ in the year each having 20 days.

28. terraces • Step like ledges cut into the mountains

29. gifts were given to the guest • What happened at a potlatch?

30. Slash and Burn • A farming technique where the trees are cut down then the stumps are

31. cook, grind flour, make • Before teenage girls could learn to weave they were expected to do what?

32. Moundville, Alabama • One of the major center for government and religion of the Mound Builders was located where?

33. U.S. and Canada • Where did the Woodland Indians live?

34. Pok-ta-tok • A ball game played by the Mayas

35. sign language • Most Plain Indians had their own language but use what language to trade with each other?

36. by rivers • Where did the Mound Builders mostly build their mounds?

37. totem poles • Carved and painted logs that were a symbol of the owners wealth

38. maize • A word that means corn

39. Anasazi • Native American people their name means “The Ancient Ones”

40. Sopa Inca • Name of the Incan Emperor

41. Cuzco • Means center in the Incan language

42. potlatches • ceremonies

43. Kachinas • The many spirits that the pueblos believed in

44. census • An official count of the people

45. Andes • A mountain range in South America where the Incas lived

46. kivas • Round rooms used for religious ceremonies

47. hieroglyphics • A system of writing using signs and symbols

48. Tenochtitlan • The capital city of the Aztecs

49. Great Plains • A flat grassy region west of the Mississippi River

50. Francisco Pizarro • A Spanish conquistador who took control of the Incan Empire