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Social Studies Quiz for Mesoamerica
Is this a good example of a social class system:
Mayans were....
Social Studies Quiz for Mesoamerica
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Mayans were....
polytheistic
crazy human sacrificers
tortillas
monotheistic
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Is this a good example of a social class system:
Ok
Yes
No
Maybe
3
Aztecs calendars were made up of
21 days and 21 months
18 months and 20 days
13 months and 5 days
20 days and 18 months
4
The peninsula in the northwest is the….
Aztec Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
Baja Peninsula
Nicaragua
5
Who did the Aztecs think was a god who was really a Spanish soldier?
The Maya
Moctezuma ll
Hernando Cortez
Tlaloc
6
The Aztecs gained such a large empire because they were peaceful people who made treaties that protected them completely
False
True
7
Ulama is a game that would definitely be legal today.
False
True
8
Aztec god of sun and war
Tikal
Honduras
Huitzilopochtli
Tlaloc
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Did farming begin in Mesoamerica?
True
False
10
Why was the Olmec civilization called a mother civilization?
It influenced the Aztecs
it influenced the Maya
It influenced every other culture/ civilization.
It influenced the Olmec
11
Which is a Mayan city?
Chicken Pizza
Chichen It
Pinapple Pizza
Chichen Itza
12
The Olmec and the Mayan civilization both are a
government
geocracy
theocracy
mecracy
13
Why did the Maya use calendars?
to hunt for food
to build cenotes
to honor their gods
to know when to go to war
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A natural well
aqueduct
fishguts
plateu
cenote
15
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico are countries in Mesoamercica
True
False
16
God of creation
Tlaloc
Tikal
Quetzalcoatl
Huitzilopochtli
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a book with screens that fold together
plateu
codex
aqueduct
codes
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Two mountain ranges in Mexico...
Sky Madre Occidental and Oriental
Sierra Madre Occidental, and Oriental
Shannon Madre Occidental and Oriental
Sarah Madre Occidental and Oriental
19
human made islands
aquaduct
plateu
plain
chinapas
20
The Olmec developed only these things… a number system and a calendar.
True
False
21
What continent?
North America
South America
North Asia
South Asia
22
At its peak, Tenochtitlan had a population of...
300 people
3,000 people
300,000 people
10,000 people
23
Crops that were grown...
tortillas, beans, and corn
beans, squash, and potatoes
maize, beans, and squash
potatoes, squash, and tortillas
24
In ____ the Spanish invaded Tenochtitlan
1534
1519
1518
1520
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The Aztecs called themselves the Mexica.
False
True
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The Olmec made several _____ made of basalt
stone heads
pyramids
tortillas
temples
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the Aztecs were brilliant...
statues
traders
aqueducts
astronomers
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Where is Mesoamerica located?
extends from Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico
extends from Mexico to Central America
extends from Egypt to Mexico
extends from the Gulf of Mexico to Egypt
29
What happened to the Mayan civilization?
It is on Lake Michigan
No one knows
It is still going now.
It died yesterday
30
Warriors dressed up as...
Jaguars
Lions
Hares
alpacas
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The main stones are jade, basalt, and obsidian.
True
False
32
Aztec god of rain
Moctezuma ll
King Tut
Tlaloc
Neferattiti
33
What hemisphere?
North- Western
North- Eastern
North-Southern
West- Southern
34
Mesoamerican cities contain
temples
temple pyramids
Tikal
stone heads
35
Last Aztec emperor was...
King Tut
Shannon
The Maya people
Moctezuma ll
36
The climate in Mesoamerica...
varies within location
is always cloudy
is always cold
is always hot
37
What is not a physical feature of the interior of Mesoamerica? (If you did the pretest you should know)
C
A
D
B
38
An arm of land sticking into the sea and nearly surrounded by water
plain
peninsula
aqueduct
plateu
39
Coastal lands along the ______ and the Pacific Ocean are full of lush areas
Land of many sacrifices
Gulf of Mexico
Land of Lush coasts
Mexico
40
The Maya formed an empire.
True
False
41
Aztec did not have a wheel or donkeys.
False
True
42
People were divided into social groups based on
wealth and power
their land and riches
riches and power
43
The Aztec’s jade was a precious stone that was usually only available to…
and the yodelers
the royals
the poor
the nobles
44
A.D. 250 is when the Mayan civilization was at its peak
True
False
45
The climate was
cold and snowy
hot and temperate
hot and cold
hot and humid
