Duplicate of Unit 6 - Civilizations of the Americas

Question 1

What belongs in the blank space on the timeline?

Accepted Answer

Aztecs defeat the Tepanecs.

Question 2

What is one activity that only the people of the missing group would do?

Accepted Answer

read and write

Question 3

Which of the following is evidence that war was at the center of Aztec life?

Accepted Answer

All Aztec males trained to be soldiers.

Question 4

What was an Aztec farmer most likely to eat?

Accepted Answer

corn tortillas

Question 5

What did the Mayan and Aztec civilization have in common?

Accepted Answer

a two-calendar system

Question 6

What is one way a non-noble could become a government official?

Accepted Answer

being a local leader in an area the Inca recently conquered

Question 7

At the Great Temple, the Aztecs built a shrine to Tlaloc, rain god. What does this suggest?

Accepted Answer

They didn't always have enough water.

Question 8

Which type of agricultural technique did the Maya use so they could farm in the mountains?

Accepted Answer

terraces

Question 9

What did the Spanish find when they met the Incas?

Accepted Answer

people who worked with gold

Question 10

Which group of nobles belongs in the empty oval?

Accepted Answer

military leaders

Question 11

Tulum, Mexico is one of the most beautiful beaches and a popular destination. Who lived here?

Accepted Answer

Maya

Question 12

Which of the following was part of the Aztecs' writing system?

Accepted Answer

pictographs

Question 13

What is one example of the Incas creating something to meet a need?

Accepted Answer

building a road system so they could manage a large empire

Question 14

You are an archaeologist and come across a temple. You know it is Aztec because...

Accepted Answer

it is a pyramid with two stairways

Question 15

Calendar, language, social system, religion, and way of life all describe..

Accepted Answer

Mayan Culture

Question 16

The ayllu in Inca life is like ___ in America life today.

Accepted Answer

A small-town neighborhood

Question 17

Which reason likely caused the disappearance of the Maya?

Accepted Answer

Starvation

Question 18

What Mayan art form is still practiced today with similar techniques?

Accepted Answer

weaving and embroidery of cloth

Question 19

Why did the Aztecs need to build: aqueducts, dikes, causeways, and canals?

Accepted Answer

because they lived on an island

Question 20

What was one benefit of settling on an island in Lake Texcoco?

Accepted Answer

It was easy to defend.

Question 21

Mexico City is the largest city in North America. Who lived here?

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 22

What made it possible for the Olmec and the Maya to create permanent settlements?

Accepted Answer

farming

Question 23

The Olmec and the Maya lived in Central America. What was their relationship?

Accepted Answer

The Olmec influenced the development of Mayan civilization.

Question 24

The Inca civilization existed in what mountain chain and what time period?

Accepted Answer

Andes, 1400-1532 C.E.

Question 25

Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people's history?

Accepted Answer

so he could tell a different story of their past.

Question 26

You are a 12-year-old male Aztec commoner. What are you most likely to do at school?

Accepted Answer

train to become a soldier

Question 27

Incas lived for hundreds of years without expanding. What caused them to expand their empire?

Accepted Answer

Neighbors attacked the Incas & tried to conquer them.

Question 28

Pochteca (traders) had many privileges. What does their status suggest about Aztec society?

Accepted Answer

Aztecs valued rare goods from faraway places.

Question 29

What did the Maya and Aztec civilization have in common?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 30

Machu Picchu is a popular travel destination today. Who lived here?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 31

How did the Inca emperor send messages to officials in distant places?

Accepted Answer

by a relay system of messengers

Question 32

Which of the following people in Mayan civilization would be most likely to farm?

Accepted Answer

a peasant

Question 33

Where did the remaining third of an ayllu's crops go?

Accepted Answer

to the Sapa Inca

Question 34

Which of these activities provided a break from work in a Mayan city-state?

Accepted Answer

attending ceremonies and rituals

Question 35

What does it mean to say that the Aztec Empire was "based on tribute"?

Accepted Answer

The people paid taxes to the Aztec government.

Question 36

The sets of strings called quipus helped solve what problem of the Incas?

Accepted Answer

lack of written language

Question 37

What modern day country did the Maya live in?

Accepted Answer

Honduras

Question 38

What modern day country did the Inca live in?

Accepted Answer

Peru

Question 39

What mountain range did the Inca live within?

Accepted Answer

Andes

Duplicate of Unit 6 - Civilizations of the Americas

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Duplicate of Unit 6 - Civilizations of the Americas

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