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Therianthropic is
Who is depicted in this picture?
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Who is depicted in this picture?
Chichen and Tikal
Quetzalcoatl and Cthulhu
Tlaxcala and Nahuatl
Popocateptl and Iztaccihuatl
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Therianthropic is
a god with both aspects of male and female
human and animal combined to form a god
a heart disease
a type of climate
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Cenotes is a term for
Floating baskets of mud
A style of music
A type of presentation
Wells
4
This Spanish explorer used 167 men, armed with guns and horses to overthrow the Inca
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinan Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
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What were Teta and Nena told to hide in during the flood?
A cave
A tree
A boat
A log
6
This Spanish conquistador overthrew the Aztec empire
Hernan Cortes
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
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This civilization is known as the "Mother Civilization"
Aztec
Olmec
Inca
Mayan
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What civilization was Popocatepetl sent to defeat?
Aztec
Inca
Mayan
Chancas
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What was the Incan "claim to fame"?
The roads they built
The statues they carved
The paintings they left
The temples they built
10
Tikal and Chichen Itza were important cities to which civilization
Aztec
Olmec
Inca
Mayan
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Which King called stone warriors up from the ground to fight beside the Inca?
Inca Viracocha
Pachacuti
Topa Inca
Moctezuma II
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This Aztec ruler was killed after the Spanish invaded the capital of Tenochtitlan
Pachacuti
Francisco Pizarro
Topa Inca
Moctezuma II
13
The two main mountain ranges in Mexico are
The Sierra Madre (Occidental & Oriental)
The Blue Ridge Mountains
The Smoky Mountains and the Rocky Mountains
Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl
14
The pamphlet-like "book" that Mesoamerican priests wrote in
Scroll
Papyrus
Brochure
Codex
15
This was the type of government that all of the Ancient American civilizations implemented
Polytheism
Theocracy
Dictatorship
Democracy
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The Incan city thought to have been the religious center
Tenochtitlan
Chichen Itza
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
17
This number was introduced to mathematics by the Mayans
0
10
20
7
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The name of the baskets packed with mud and plants and floated in the lake to create islands
Cenotes
Mexica
Hanging gardens
Chinampas
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What did Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl become after dying?
Volcanoes
Mountains
Trees
Lakes
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How did Iztaccihuatl die?
From illness and a broken heart
She was cut in half
She took a poison
She didn't die
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How long did the Inca empire's prominence last?
It never really got off the ground
About 100 years
About 800 years
About 300 years
22
How many people were saved from the flood sent by Quetzalcoatl?
everyone
2
6
none
23
What was the Mayan religion book of creation called?
The Bible
The Q'uran
The Popol Vuh
The Torah
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What food were Teta and Nena told to take with them during the flood?
Bread
Avocado
Wheat
Corn
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The original name of the Aztec people
Chavin
Mexica
Mohican
Inca
