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1 Mesoamerica Rhyme Time Geography Hodgepodge T ake me to Mesoamerica People of Mesoamerica Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

2 $100 Question from Rhyme Time A nickname for mom and the most important animal for the Inca civilization

3 $100 Answer from Rhyme Time What is a mama llama?

4 $200 Question from Rhyme Time A person in a story who does something important or noble and the number that the Mayans were the first group to use.

5 $200 Answer from Rhyme Time What is a hero zero?

6 $300 Question from Rhyme Time Another word for strange and what the Aztec emperor believed that the Spanish leader was.

7 $300 Answer from Rhyme Time What is an odd God?

8 $400 Question from Rhyme Time A popular chip brand and the most important crop for the Mayans and Aztecs.

9 $400 Answer from Rhyme Time What is Lays maize?

10 $500 Question from Rhyme Time A type of bread and a labor tax system where taxes are paid with work.

11 $500 Answer from Rhyme Time What is pita mita?

12 $100 Question from Geography This means Middle America

13 $100 Answer from Geography What is Mesoamerica?

14 $200 Question from Geography The Aztec capital city was built on one of these.

15 $200 Answer from Geography What is an island?

16 $300 Question from Geography The name of the Inca capital city.

17 $300 Answer from Geography What is Cuzco?

18 $400 Question from Geography The first Incans lived here.

19 $400 Answer from Geography What is the Andes Mountains?

20 $500 Question from Geography Both the occupation and location of the first Aztecs.

21 $500 Answer from Geography What is farmers from northern Mexico?

22 $100 Question from Hodgepodge The Mayans built these buildings to study the sky.

23 $100 Answer from Hodgepodge What are observatories?

24 $200 Question from Hodgepodge These were raised roads built by the Aztecs to get to their capital city.

25 $200 Answer from Hodgepodge What are causeways?

26 $300 Question from Hodgepodge This was a knotted cord used by the Inca to count and keep records.

27 $300 Answer from Hodgepodge What is a quipu?

28 $400 Question from Hodgepodge The name of the official language of the Inca

29 $400 Answer from Hodgepodge What is Quechua?

30 $500 Question from Hodgepodge The Maya had two different calendars. The calendar that planned religious events was this many days long.

31 $500 Answer from Hodgepodge What is 260 days?

32 $100 Question from T ake me to Mesoamerica The Spanish gained allies in fighting the Aztecs because nearby groups were tired of paying these to the Aztecs

33 $100 Answer from T ake me to Mesoamerica What are tributes?

34 $200 Question from T ake me to Mesoamerica The capital city of the Aztecs

35 $200 Answer from T ake me to Mesoamerica What is Tenochtitlan?

36 $300 Question from T ake me to Mesoamerica Mesoamerican ball courts were built next to these.

37 $300 Answer from T ake me to Mesoamerica What are temples?

38 $400 Question from T ake me to Mesoamerica The Mayans and Incans increased their farming by using these on hills.

39 $400 Answer from T ake me to Mesoamerica What are terraces?

40 $500 Question from T ake me to Mesoamerica The Altiplano Indians are known for this major city.

41 $500 Answer from T ake me to Mesoamerica What is Teotihuacan?

42 $100 Question from People of Mesoamerica He was the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish arrived.

43 $100 Answer from People of Mesoamerica Who was Moctezuma II

44 $200 Question from People of Mesoamerica The name of two conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs and Incas.

45 $200 Answer from People of Mesoamerica Who are Hernando Cortes (Aztecs) and Francisco Pizzarro (Incas)

46 $300 Question from People of Mesoamerica Inti was the god of this for the Inca

47 $300 Answer from People of Mesoamerica What is the Sun God?

48 $400 Question from People of Mesoamerica He was the founder of the Inca Empire.

49 $400 Answer from People of Mesoamerica What is Manco Capac?

50 $500 Question from People of Mesoamerica When the Spanish arrived at the Inca Empire Atahualpa was in charge. Atahualpa had just finished up a civil war verses this man.

51 $500 Answer from People of Mesoamerica Who is Huascar?

52 Final Jeopardy The Aztecs were ruled as an empire. The Mayans were divided up into city states. This was the largest Mayan city state, which had over 100,000 at its peak.

53 Final Jeopardy Answer What is Tikal?

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