Ancient Civilizations Review
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- Q1This group was located in Peru.MississippiansAztecsIncasMayans60s
- Q2This group was located in the United States.MayansMississippiansAztecsIncas60s
- Q3Capital City = CuzcoMississippiansAztecsMayansIncas60s
- Q4Capital City = TenochtitlanMississippiansMayansAztecsIncas60s
- Q5Capital City = CahokiaMayansIncasAztecsMississippians60s
- Q6Capital City = Tikal (Located in present-day Guatemala)MississippiansIncasAztecsMayans60s
- Q7Best method of farming involved burning down trees in the rainforest. They did this to help clear an area for farming!MississippiansMayansIncasAztecs60s
- Q8Used "chinampas" (floating gardens) to grow crops. They did this because their capital was surrounded by WATER!MississippiansMayansAztecsIncas60s
- Q9Used a fence made of wooden posts as a calendar. Short shadows = Coming of spring. Long shadows = Coming of fall.MississippiansAztecsIncasMayans60s
- Q10BOTH of these groups played a ball game! They pretended to act out battles between the gods when they played.Aztecs & MississippiansMayans & AztecsRooms 42 & 43Mayans & Incas60s
- Q11This group created a book called the "Codex Mendoza" (SHOUTOUT to Lyla!). This book had details about their civilization.AztecsIncasMayansMississippians60s
- Q12Although all 4 groups worshipped MANY gods, this group's MAIN god they worshipped was the God of War (Huitzilopochtli).AztecsIncasMississippiansMayans60s
- Q13BOTH of these groups didn't have a form of writing.Aztecs & IncasIncas & MississippiansAztecs & MayansMayans & Mississippians60s
- Q14This group used a "quipu" to keep track of numbers.MississippiansIncasAztecsMayans60s
- Q15This group used a base-20 system when doing math.AztecsIncasMayansMississippians60s