YEAR 8

Use www.ducksters.com to answer these questions- you need to look at the Aztecs, Incas and Aztecs section- look for sun on home page! 1) Who was Montezuma and when was he ruler of the Aztecs? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ____________ 2) Who was the Spanish Conquistador who took Montezuma prisoner?

3) When did the Mayans start farming? _____________ When did Cortes conquer them? _________ 4) When did the Incans start farming? ___________ Which Spanish Conquistador defeated them and when? __________________________________________________

5) Use the headings below to fill in the chart about what life was like for the Aztecs, Incans and Mayans before the Spanish came (3-4 POINTS FOR EACH HEADING): AZTEC GOVERNMENT INCA MAYA

TECHNOLOGY AND WRITING, BUILDINGS

DAILY LIFE

SOCIAL CLASSES/ SOCIETY

GODS, RELIGION AND BELIEFS (NOT NAMES OF GODS)