Mesoamerica Quiz Review

Question 1

True or False: The Incas gave other groups the chance to join them peacefully before turning to war.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Quipu strings, Chasquis messengers, and oral stories were methods of communication all used by which civilization?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 3

True or False: All Mesoamerican civilizations performed human sacrifice.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

What are chinampas?

Accepted Answer

floating rafts/islands that the Aztecs used to farm

Question 5

Incas made great strides in which field of study?

Accepted Answer

Medical; they could do blood transfusions and even brain surgery

Question 6

Who destroyed the Inca and Aztec civilizations?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish

Question 7

Where is Mesoamerica located?

Accepted Answer

Between the continents of North and South America

Question 8

All of the Mesoamerican civilizations religions were ____________.

Accepted Answer

Polytheistic

Question 9

True or False: The Aztecs invented the ballgame.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

True or False: The Mayans were monotheistic.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Mayan codices (plural for codex) are ___________.

Accepted Answer

their calendars, history, and prophecies

Question 12

Which of the Mesoamerican civilizations existed first?

Accepted Answer

Olmec

Question 13

True or False: The Aztecs were destroyed by the Spanish while no one knows what happened to the Olmecs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What advantage did the Spanish have when fighting the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

They had guns, steel weapons/armor, and diseases that the Aztecs did not

Question 15

True or False: The Olmecs constructed massive stone heads.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What made the Incas different from the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

The Incas did not practice human sacrifice as often as the Aztecs

Question 17

True or False: All Mesoamerican civilizations played the ballgame.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

True or False: The Mayans invented a 365 day calendar.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

How did the Aztecs expand their empire?

Accepted Answer

conquest and war

Question 20

Which Mesoamerican civilization had slaves?

Accepted Answer

All Mesoamerican civilizations had slaves

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