11. Chapter 16

Question 1

Totem

Answer 1

• A natural object that represent an individual clan or group

Question 2

Purpose of the Mayan ball game

Answer 2

• The Maya believed the playing of this game would maintain sun and moon cycles and being life giving rains

Question 3

Mayan currency

Answer 3

• Cacao beans (chocolate)

Question 4

Cenote

Answer 4

• A deep sinkhole lake that captives were thrown in

Question 5

Months long Mayan calendar

Answer 5

13

Question 6

Most famous Mayan book

Answer 6

• Popol Vuh

- Story of creation

Question 7

Obsidian

Answer 7

• Sharp volcanic glass used by Teotihuacan as weapons

Question 8

Aztec God of sun and warfare

Answer 8

• Huitzilopochtli

Question 9

Capital city of Aztecs

Answer 9

• Tenochtitlan

Question 10

Why did Aztecs engage in so much human sacrifice?

Answer 10

• So that at night Huitzilopochtli had enough strength to battle evil forces

Question 11

Pachacuti

Answer 11

• Est. land of 4 Quarters

Question 12

How did the Inca try to unify empire?

Answer 12

-Diplomacy and military force

Question 13

Ayullu

Answer 13

• Extended family group that undertook tasks too big for a single family

Question 14

Mita

Answer 14

• Incan state required physical labor

Question 15

Most impressive feat of Incan engineering

Answer 15

• Roads and bridges

- Chasquis were a system of runners that acted as the postal service

Question 16

Potlach Ceremony

Answer 16

• Families displayed their rank and prosperity in an elaborate ceremony and gave food, drink, and gifts to the community

Question 17

Tikal

Answer 17

A major center in northern Guatemala

Question 18

Codex

Answer 18

Mayans recorded important historical events in this bark-paper book

Question 19

Maya, Inca, and Aztec religion

Answer 19

• All were polytheistic

Question 20

Quetzalcoatl

Answer 20

Feathered Serpent

Question 21

Triple Alliance

Answer 21

The Aztecs joined w/ 2 other city states: Texcoco and Tlacopan to control a vast empire

Question 22

The Aztecs…

Answer 22

The Aztecs conquered a huge empire