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Mesoamerican Experts Showdown!
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A #humanities quiz to review #civilizations of #mesoamerica.
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The Aztec empire was based on tribute. This means that the people who lived in the empire...
paid goods to the Aztec government
had to speak the Aztec language
rebelled against Aztec leaders
worshipped Aztec gods
2
What was the biggest problem with slash-and-burn agriculture?
it wore out the soil
it injured the cattle
it drained the swamps
it destroyed the temples
3
How did travelers on Incan roads cross rivers?
they paid a ferry boatman to row them
they swam with a strong stroke
they walked on suspension bridges
They rode across on llamas
4
According to Incan legend, the Inca tribe began when the sun god's son ...
saw an eagle on top of a cactus
crossed the Pacific Ocean
stepped out from the eastern sky
rose out of Lake Titicaca
5
What was an Aztec farmer most likely to eat?
oat porridge
winged ants
fresh peaches
corn tortillas
6
Which of these foods would have been new to the Mayas when it was introduced by Europeans?
squash
chocolate
sugar
beans
7
What was the usual way to buy and sell goods in an Aztec market?
credit, or agreeing to make a later payment
money, or using gold and silver coins
barter, or trading one good for another
donation, or freely giving goods to others
8
What achievement did the Aztecs adapt from the Mayas?
system of two calendars
chariots with wheels
floating gardens
use of causeways
9
Why did the Mayas create hundreds of glyphs?
to raise crops on steep mountain slopes
to teach men, women, and children their duties
to protect themselves from attack by foreign invaders
to communicate sounds, words, and ideas
10
Two people who belonged to the same ayllu might often...
obey different leaders
speak different languages
work at different tasks
live in different regions
11
Suppose you are an archeologist and find an old temple. You know it is Aztec because it has...
carved pillars by the door
a double stairway
a domed rood
beautiful stained-glass windows
12
Why did the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan build chinampas?
to keep invaders away
to enlarge their land area
to get a fresh water supply
to catch fish for special meals
13
What was one way the Mayan system of numbers differs from ours?
it was based on 20 rather than 10
it could not be used to do subtraction
it lacked a way to show zero
it used symbols to represent different amounts
14
The Inca covered almost every inch inside their Temple of the Sun with this...
copper
bone
gold
mahogany
15
When a Chose Woman was 12 years old, she would most likely be...
married to a commoner
studying in a convent
living with her family
helping to govern a village
16
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent settlements?
sailing
metal tools
wild animals
farming
17
After the Incas conquered a new area, why were local leaders and their sons brought to Cuzco?
to tell the emperor their concerns
to get sacred objects back
to be sacrificed to the sun god
to learn Incan law and language
18
When did the Mayas first give a girl tools or spinning and weaving?
when she was ready to marry
when she was three-months old
about a month after her wedding
at her coming of age ceremony
19
What would an Aztec commoner boy be most likely to study at school?
how to build pyramids
how to be a soldier
the arts of neighboring cultures
the movements of the planets
20
The most important Incan food crop was unknown to the Mayas or Aztecs. This Incan crop was...
corn
potatoes
beans
squash
21
What did the Sapa Inca typically do after a rebellion by a conquered tribe?
take families as slaves
replace the local leader
set the area free
return sacred objects
22
The Aztec system of writing made use of...
pictographs
an alphabet
weaving
knots
23
Which agricultural technique did the Mayas use to farm in the mountains?
slash-and-burn agriculture
terraces
raised-earth platforms
crop rotation
24
The Aztecs sacrificed birds and humans because they believed the god Huitzilopochtli...
required suffering
hated most living things
needed blood for nourishment
was built with bones and feathers
25
What does the picture on the Mexican flag symbolize?
the strength of Aztec armies to conquer their neighbors
a legend about how Aztecs knew where to build their city
a struggle between the powers of the earth and sky
the joining of different peoples to make one nation
26
The structures found by archaeologists in Mayan cities are made of...
thatch
mud
stone
wood
27
Why did the Aztecs call themselves the "people of the sun"?
nobles could relax in the sun
their chief god was the sun god
the peasants often got sunburned
the sun dried out their crops
28
How might someone become the Aztec emperor?
by inheriting the position from his mother's father
by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died
by seizing the position after his army killed the emperor
by replacing his emperor father when he turned 16
29
When a Mayan couple first married, where did they go to live?
to the husband's childhood home,
to a faraway city
to the wife's parents
to a farm a few miles away
30
Which of these modern countries is in the area where Mayan civilization developed
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Panama
Venezuela
31
When the Mayan cities of the southern lowlands collapsed, what took their place?
jungle
grasslands
desert
swamp
32
Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today?
Peru and Ecuador
Mexico and Guatemala
Colombia and Venezuela
Brazil and Paraguay
33
A Maya sees a stranger making art and knows what town he or she is from. What is she making?
making jewelry from silver and gold
making hates out of grasses and feathers
carving sculptures in animal shapes
weaving cloth in complex patterns
34
How was the jaguar important to the Mayas?
it was a feature of their religion
Warrios trained it to fight
peasants wore its fur to keep warm
it provided meat for their diet
35
What challenge did the Incas face to a much larger extent than other peoples in the Americas?
building homes in wetlands
surviving a severe climate
speaking many dialects
controlling a very large empire
36
Which of these was a task of Aztec men?
weaving cloth
building the house
preparing meals
tending the garden
37
What country do you live in?
North America
California, duh!
The United States
Mexico
38
Mayas who lived in many different communities over a wide area shared the same...
calendar
army
government
landscape
39
A set of strings tied into knots, called a quipu, was used for...
remembering information
understanding the calender
finding the best route
catching fish in the river
40
What was an important use of the Sacred Round?
to determine when to plant crops
to choose a bride or groom
to visit other cities for trade
to get water for the community
41
What was one benefit of settling on land surrounded by Lake Texcoco?
It was made of volcanic rock
It was easy to defend
It had dense forests
It had a deep harbor
42
The set of strings called quipus helped solve what problems of the Incas?
shortage of water
lack of a written language
lack of transportation
shortage of administrators
43
England is a ...
country
continent
city
state
44
What set off the expansion of the Inca empire?
an attack by a neighboring people
a sudden need for more farmland
a need for more trading partners
a priestly message from the foods
45
The ball game of tlachtli, which served a religious purpose, was played mostly by...
members of the nobility
children of famers
prisoners of war
professional athletes
46
Why did Incan farmers terrace their fields?
to get enough water in the desert
to do required labor for the emperor
to keep wild animals away
to increase available cropland
47
How would an Incan priest most likely use an oracle?
to sacrifice animals to the gods
to collect taxes for the temple
to study how to perform rituals
to ask advice about the future
48
What animals did some Aztec families raise?
sheep
goats
horses
turkeys
49
Which statement is true of Aztec marriages?
a man could have only one wife
the couple chose the matchmaker
a woman could ask for a divorce
weddings were usually secret
50
Mayan priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests?
to foretell the future
to conduct long distance trade
to carve temple sculptures
to lead peasant armies
51
One skill that the Mayas adapted from the Olmecs was a way to...
build carts that had wheels
make tools out of metal
use horses or oxen to pull plows
write by using pictures as symbols
52
What did the Incas create to hold their empire together?
a flock of trained pigeons
a school for sons of commoners
a central market
a network of roads
