What was the name of the Aztec ball game played with a rubber ball?
Answer
Ullamaliztli
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which Aztec emperor expanded the empire to its greatest size?
Answer
Ahuitzotl
What were the Aztec artificial agricultural islands called?
Answer
Chinampas
Which Aztec god was the god of war and the sun?
Answer
Huitzilopochtli
What three city-states formed the Aztec Triple Alliance?
Answer
Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, Tlacopan
What Inca ruler led the final rebellion and was executed in 1572?
Answer
Túpac Amaru I
What Inca king built the summer palace of Quispiguanca?
Answer
Huayna Capac
Which Inca ruler was the son of Pachacuti and expanded into Ecuador?
Answer
Topa Inca Yupanqui
What was the name of the Inca courier system using runners?
Answer
Chasqui
What Inca decimal unit represented one thousand households?
Answer
Huaranga
What god did the Incas believe created the world?
Answer
Viracocha
What is the name of the last remaining Inca rope bridge?
Answer
Qeswachaka
Which Inca ruler conquered the Chimú civilization?
Answer
Tupac Inca Yupanqui
What was the Inca tax paid in labor called?
Answer
Mit'a
Which Inca ruler was known for his military campaigns and expansion?
Answer
Pachacuti
What was the Inca system of roads and paths called?
Answer
Qhapaq Ñan
What agricultural technique did the Inca use on mountain slopes?
Answer
Terraces
What is the name of the massive Inca fortress overlooking Cusco?
Answer
Sacsayhuamán
In what year did the Spanish capture Atahualpa?
Answer
1532
Which Inca emperor is credited with building Machu Picchu?
Answer
Pachacuti
What is the name of the founding ruler of Copan's dynasty?
Answer
K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'
What is the name of the Maya codex held in Paris?
Answer
Paris Codex
What is the name of the circular observatory at Chichen Itza?
Answer
El Caracol
Which Soviet linguist made key breakthroughs in deciphering Maya hieroglyphs?
Answer
Yuri Knorozov
What material did the Maya use to make their codices?
Answer
Bark paper
How many days are in one b'ak'tun of the Maya Long Count?
Answer
144,000 days
What is the name of the Maya codex kept in Dresden?
Answer
Dresden Codex
Who commanded the American forces at the Battle of Cowpens?
Answer
Daniel Morgan
Which American general accepted the British surrender after the Battles of Saratoga?
Answer
Horatio Gates
What document established the first national government of the United States?
Answer
Articles of Confederation
Which battle in 1777 convinced France to aid the American cause?
Answer
Battle of Saratoga
Who was the first secretary of the Continental Congress?
Answer
Charles Thomson
What resolution declared American independence on July 2, 1776?
Answer
Lee Resolution
Which British general became commander-in-chief in America in 1778?
Answer
Henry Clinton
What was the name of John Paul Jones's famous ship?
Answer
Bonhomme Richard
Who was the British officer executed for espionage in 1780?
Answer
John André
Who was the American general known as the 'Fighting Quaker'?
Answer
Nathanael Greene