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1
What did the Aztec religion demand that they do to honor sun god?
human sacrifice
pray
play in a band
dance
2
This civilization is known for their 365 day calendar, the concept of zero, and pyramids.
Aztec
Olmec
Inca
Maya
3
Which civilization is known for their colossol heads?
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
Maya
4
Which civilization was the founding culture of Mexico, the mother culture?
Inca
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
5
After the Maya civilization scattered throughout Mexico, which civilization was the next to rule?
Olmec
Inca
Aztec
Apache
6
All three ancient American civilizations held a belief in many gods known as ?
Agnostic
Polytheism
Atheist
Monotheism
7
The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was located in the middle of which geographical landform?
prairie
forest
grasslands
lake
8
In Mayan math, a bar represented which numrical value?
one
No one can read Mayan math
zero
five
9
For the Aztecs, what determined how they dressed?
How good their harvest was
Which social class they belonged to
How close they lived to a pyramid
How good looking they were
10
Which civilization ended mysteriously?
Maya
Aztec
They all ended mysteriously
Olmec
11
Which European country eventually colonized Mexico?
England
France
Portugal
Spain
12
The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called
number
hieroglyphics
Letters
Lines
13
The Olmecs were called the Rubber people because
Ability to create things from rubber trees
Insults bounced off them like rubber
They had flexible bones that absorbed impact
They imported rubber products from China
14
What was the staple, most important, crop of the ancient Mexican civilizations?
avacado
rice
corn
beans
15
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizzarro
Beyonce
Speedy Gonzalez
16
What Mayan farming technique is used where the vegetation was cut away then lit on fire to clear the land?
Cut, Burn, and Run
Slash and Burn
Terraced Farming
Raised Platform
17
Because Mexico lies in the Ring of Fire zone, what natural extreme weather will occur in Mexico?
Tsunamis
Typhons
Artctic Blasts
Earthquakes
18
Where did the Mayan civilization live?
United States
Yucatan Peninsula
Central Mexico
South America
19
What helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec the most?
Guns
Armour
Their intelligence
Smallpox Virus
20
The Aztecs farmed on small islands known as
plots
jardin
terraces
chinampas
