Quiz- Aztec/ Incas Name: Smallpox The Andes Montezuma II Masonry Machu Picchu Quechua

Grove Date: Period: Causeways Tenochtitlan Atahualpa Francisco Pizarro Polytheistic box of gold

Conquistadors Guns, Germs, and Steel Hernando Cortez Cuzco Mita

1. This is the Capital city of the Aztec Empire: 2. These are raised roads across water or wet ground.
3. The Spanish conquerors were called: 4. What type of religions the Myan and Aztecs have? 5. The Conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire. 6. The last Emperor of the Aztec Empire.

7. Disease that Europeans brought which killed thousands of people in New World. 8. Capital of Incan Empire. In Peru today. 9. Official Inca language, still used today.
10. Labor tax system: 11. Royal retreat in Andes, discovered by Hiram Bingham in early 1900s 12. Stonework

13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Incan Emperor Conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire. What did Montezuma give to Cortez to see if he would leave? What large area of land were the Incas on? What gave the Spaniards such a great advantage?

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COMPREHENSION AND CRITICAL THINKING Read each of the following pairs of sentences, and cross out the FALSE sentence.
19. a. The Inca Empire was in South America. b. The Inca Empire was in central Mexico. 20. a. The Spanish conquered the Mayas and the Aztecs. b. The Spanish conquered the Incas and the Aztecs. 21. a. Tenochtitln was a grand city in the Aztec Empire. b. Tenochtitln was a grand city in the Inca Empire.

FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the

word from the word pair that best completes each sentence. 22. The first Aztecs were ________________________ who migrated from the north to central Mexico. (farmers/conquistadors) 23. War, tribute, and trade made the________________________ Empire strong and rich. (Maya/Aztec) 24. ________________________ were raised roads across water or wet ground. (Canals/Causeways) 25. The Aztec ________________________, like the Maya king, was the most important person in society. (emperor/priest) 26. To please the gods, priests regularly made ________________________ sacrifices. (human/animal) 27. ________________________ were Spanish soldiers who reached Mexico in 1519. (Chinampas/Conquistadors) 28. They were led by ________________________, who came in search of gold and land. (Hernn Corts/Moctezuma II) 29. The Aztec emperor, ________________________, welcomed the Spanish. (Moctezuma II/Hernn Corts) 30. During the war, the Spanish had better

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________________________, (weapons/horses), including armor, cannons, and swords. 31. The Spanish unknowingly brought ________________________ to the Americas. (diseases/gold)

32- 37. On the back of these sheet, please write your own history of the Aztecs and/or Incas using at least 5 Vocabulary words.

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MATCHING Read each description. On the lines below, write the letter of the term or place that best matches each description.

______ 1. Inca capital in what is now Peru ______ 2. Ruler who began to expand Inca territory ______ 3. The official language of the Inca ______ 4. Tended government land in addition to their own ______ 5. The labor tax sytem ______ 6. A royal retreat nestled high in the Andes, where Inca rulers went to relax in luxury ______ 7. Inca record keeping system of cords ______ 8. Fought his brother to claim the throne in 1520 ______ 9. Led the conquistadors ______10 Gained control of the entire Inca Empire in 1537 and ruled for the next 300 years

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a. Atahualpa b. Cuzco c. farmers d. Francisco Pizarro e. Machu Picchu f. mita g. Pachacuti h. Quechua i. quipus j. Spain