2. Aztec FactsThe Maya8 FeaturesBig IdeasVocabulary 10 20 30 40 50

3. 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.

4. Answer 1 – 10 Tenochtitl án

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

6. Answer 1 – 20 Mexico City

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

8. Answer 1 – 30 Nahuatl

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

10. Answer 1 – 40 Farming

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

12. Answer 1 – 50 Warfare and trade

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

14. Answer 2 – 10 There were many city states

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

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

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

18. Answer 2 – 30 Tikal and Palenque

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

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

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

22. 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

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

24. Answer 3 – 10 The King

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

26. Answer 3 – 20 Human sacrifices

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

28. Answer 3 – 30 Farmers Merchants Artisans Warriors Priests

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

30. Answer 3 – 40 Farmers & Slaves

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

32. Answer 3 – 50 A codex, or codices.

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

34. Answer 4 – 10 The Spanish

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

36. Answer 4 – 20 The Aztec

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

38. Answer 4 – 30 Calendar Medicinal plants

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

40. Answer 4 – 40 Story telling or oral traditions

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

42. Answer 4 – 50 Canals

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

44. Answer 5 – 10 Causeways

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

46. Answer 5 – 20 Civilization

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

48. Answer 5 – 30 Empire

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

50. Answer 5 – 40 Migrate

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

52. Answer 5 – 50 Mesoamerica

53. 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.