Latin American Cultures Jeopardy Template

Geography/Location	Who conquered us or how did we come to an end?	Society and Government	Religion	Technological Contributions
100 Who are the Incas We lived in the Andes mountains of Peru	100 Who are the Aztecs We were conquered by Hernan Cortes and the Spanish	100 Who are the Olmec We are a group made up of farmers and fishers, and our government was ran by priests and nobles	100 Who are the Olmec We have a fire god and corn god and our main god is the jaguar	100 Who are the Incas We had a very large network of roads and also performed some of the first surgeries
200 Who are the Olmec We lived on the Gulf coast of Mexico, and had good farmland in the coastal plains and lowlands	200 Who are the Mayans Our end is a mystery. Some historians think we died from famine, disease, over farming or possibly a peasant revolt.	200 Who are the Incas Our King was Pachacuti and we were divided into family groups to make it easier to rule us	200 Who are the Incas Our most important god is Inti and the only reason for human sacrifice was during a crisis	200 Who are the Aztecs We had advances in art, architecture, and astronomy
300 Who are the Aztec We are the ones who founded what is today Mexico City and built our home, Tenochtitlan, on an island	300 Who are the Incas We were defeated in civil war with the Spanish who were led by Francisco Pizzaro	300 Who are the Aztecs We had 3 social classes -- Nobles, Intermediate and commoners	300 Who are the Aztecs Our life is dominated by religion as you can tell because of our more than 1,000 gods that are mainly agricultural gods.	300 Who are the Olmecs We are known as the "mother-culture" because other cultures based themselves on us. We also used slash and burn agriculture
400 Who are the Mayans Our home is located in modern day Guatemala. It is very mountainous, and a hot, dry in the north and hot and humid in the rainforests to the south.	400 Who are the Olmec Historians are unclear about why we disappeared, it is a mystery.	400 Who are the Mayans Our king governed each city and its surrounding area, our king was Pacal II	400 Who are the Mayans We have over 160 gods and the main one is Itzam Na and we believe that the afterlife is an unhappy existence	400 Who are the Mayans We had a complex writing system, a mathematical system based on 20, a calendar, and could accuratley predict eclipses
500 Who are the Incas We make our home in the Cuzco valley at 11,000 feet above sea level.	500 Who are the Mayans Historians think that warfare among our cities may have led to our demise.	500 Who are the Aztecs Our king was Montezuma	500 Who are the Olmec We use earthen mounds and pyramids for religous centers	500 Who are the Incas We had terrace farming, the quipo counting tool, irrigation and terrace farming

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