Comparing and contrasting civilizations
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2. A nun who enters a wine shop shall be burned.
3. A man unable to pay debts can sell his wife, son, or daughter into servitude for three years.
4. A wine seller failing to arrest bad characters at her shop shall be put to death.
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- 1. Comparing and Contrasting Civilizations The Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs
- 2. Which civilization used human sacrifice? Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs (Incas used human sacrifice only in times of trouble.)
- 3. Which civilization developed a 365-day calendar? Mayans
- 4. Which civilization believed their god was from the sun? Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs
- 5. Which civilizations society had a class system? Aztecs
- 6. Which civilization saw death as honorable? Aztecs
- 7. Which civilization feasted on roasted snakes? Aztecs
- 8. Which civilization disappeared? Mayans
- 9. Which civilization had the best organized government? Incas
- 10. Which civilization had a leader that name means earth shaker? Incas
- 11. Who developed the quipu? Incas
- 12. Present day Guatemala is where what civilization lived? Mayans
- 13. What was said to a baby boy in the Aztec civilization? You are a warrior.
- 14. What was Francisco Pizarro in search of when he found the Inca? Spices Gold The sea route to Asia Lands to conquer
- 15. What type of government did the Mayan people practices? Democracy City-state Theocracy bureaucracy
- 16. Why did Montezuma not attack the invading Spaniards right away? He thought they were not a threat. He thought Cortes was a god He did not know they were coming. He had an agreement with Cortes.
- 17. How did the Spanish explorers defeat the Aztecs? With guns, horses, and an epidemic By intentionally spreading disease With bows and arrows By greatly outnumbering them
- 18. The Inca leader Pachacuti Developed a written language Built a huge ancient empire Headed a disorganized empire Died as a young man
- 19. What do the Aztecs plan to do with their enemies? Make a peace treaties Set them free Establish trade routes Take them prisoner
- 20. How did Pizarro conquer the Inca? By capturing Atahualpa By attacking with a huge army Through an alliance with the Aztecs By cutting off trade routes
- 21. Where was the Mayan civization located? In the mountains In the desert In dense forest On the coastline
- 22. Who was Hernan Cortes? The leader of the Aztecs A Catholic bishop The first Spaniard in the Americas The man who conquered the Aztecs
- 23. What did Aztec call their city? Tenochtitlan
- 24. What was the Incan capital? Cuzco
- 25. What were Inca queens called? Coya
- 26. How did the Inca remember their dead? Empire had a 30-day period of mourning, mummified their body, and made their palace a shrine.