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Review for Ancient American Civilizations Quiz
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1
What extraordinary works of art are the Olmec most well known for?
detailed cave drawings
huge stone heads
massive monuments
large tombs
2
A bean used to make chocolate
Serfs
Chinampas
Cacao
Serfs
3
A type of land that is low and level
Lowlands
Highlands
4
A symbolic picture used to represent a word
Nobles
Codex
Glyphs
Maize
5
What is the name of the region that stretches from southern Mexico into Central America
South America
Maya
North America
Mesoamerica
6
Who is the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernan Cortes
Vasco De Gama
Christopher Columbus
7
What city was founded by the Aztecs in 1325?
Cortes
Machu Picchu
Olmec
Tenochtitlan
8
What major Inca City was built high on a mountain in Peru and survived the Spanish conquest?
Machu Picchu
Tlacopan
Tenochtitlan
Chichen Itza
9
A type of land that is above the sea
Lowlands
Highlands
10
What did the Mayans use astronomical observations and calculations to create?
a map of the world
a map of the solar system
an elaborate 365 day calendar
charts of the stars and moon
11
A type of farming in which flat steps are cut into a mountain to provide farmland
Maize
Chinampas
Terrace Farming
Cacao
12
Where did Olmec civilization emerge from?
Floodplains of rivers
Valleys
coastal cities
Mountains
13
What was an important religious site for the Aztecs?
Chichen Itza
Texcoco
Teotihuacan
Tlacopan
14
To extract stone from the earth
Quarried
Codex
Terrace Farming
Glyphs
15
Who became Emperor of the Aztecs in 1502?
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernan Cortes
Moctezuma II
Tenochtitlan
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A person who lived and worked on the private land of a noble or medieval lord
Conquistador
Noble
Knight
Serf
17
What present day country did the Inca start in?
Chilie
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
18
Which of these was not contained in each Maya city?
palace for the king
administrative buildings
large plaza
public theatre
19
What is the name of the agricultural technique used by Mesoamerican farmers?
irrigation
slash and burn agriculture
terrace farming
quarrying
20
Who is the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in 1521?
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizzaro
Vasco De Gama
21
Shared
Communal
Cacao
Terrace Farming
Maize
22
A type of corn first domesticated by Early Mesoamericans
Highlands
Glyps
Maize
Cacao
23
What cities did the Aztecs form the triple alliance with?
Buenos Aires and Montevideo
Machu Picchu and Chichen Itza
Brasilia and Rio De Janiero
Texcoco and Tlacopan
24
A floating field that supported agriculture
Cacao
Chinampas
Terrace Farming
Maize
25
A folded book made of tree bark paper
Communal
Codex
Quarried
Chinampas
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A member of high class in society who inherits his or her status
Serfs
Nobles
Communal
Quarried
27
Which of these was NOT one of the 4 main Maya social classes?
merchants and craftspeople
farmers and slaves
landowning nobles
kings
