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Aztec/Maya
Culture Quiz
30
Language - Spanish
9th Grade
12/12/2013

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Term
The snake shadow only appears on the _________.
Definition
first day of spring
Term
What happened to the Mayas?
Definition
Nobody is sure
Term
What are the three Gs?
Definition
glory; God; gold
Term
What is the name of the Mayan city where the picture has trees in the background and a temple up front?
Definition
Palenque
Term
What is the Spanish name for the prickly pear cactus?
Definition
Nopal
Term
God of maize
Definition
Yum Kaax
Term
Goddess of childbirth and weaving
Definition
Ix Chel
Term
god of rain
Definition
Chaac
Term
Name of Aztec floating gardens
Definition
chinampas
Term
Aztec capital on Lake Texcoco
Definition
Tenochtitlan
Term
A priest had a dream that Huitzilopochtli told him that the Aztecs should travel to where they saw what?
Definition
an eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake
Term
Who was the king of the Aztecs when Cortez arrived?
Definition
Montezuma II
Term
(Aztec)god of rain
Definition
Tlaloc
Term
main god of the Aztecs
Definition
Quetzalcoatl
Term
sun god
Definition
Huitzilopochtli
Term
mother of creation
Definition
Coatlique
Term
sink hole
Definition
cenote
Term
Mayan city- blue sky with pinkish temple
Definition
Chichen Itza
Term
What was the name of the lady that Cortes took as his "wife" and translator?
Definition
la Malinche
Term
Only remaining chinampas are in ______.
Definition
Xochimilco
Term
The Aztecs were originally the ______.
Definition
Mexica
Term
Largest court is located in ______.
Definition
Chichen Itza
Term
Mayas lived in ___ Mexico.
Definition
southern
Term
Which of the following is NOT a use for the maguey/agave cactus:
a. needles
b. cloth
c. paper
d. food
e. tequila
Definition
d
Term
Aztec language
Definition
Nahuatl
Term
Name of the Mayan city (people in the picture)
Definition
Tikal
Term
Mayan city (by water)
Definition
Tulum
Term
Last Aztec emperor
Definition
Cuauhtémoc
Term
Aztec ruins
Definition
Teotihuacan
Term
Name of Mayan city (gray with trees in foreground)
Definition
Uxmal
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