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Mr. Hair Unit 6
Mr. Hair Unit 6
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7th grade mesoamerican
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1
Which of the following people in Mayan civilization would be most likely to farm?
a peasant
a merchant
a priest
a ruler
2
Which of these activities provided a break from work in a Mayan city-state?
making tortillas and tamales
feeding the family's animals
spinning and weaving cotton
attending ceremonies and rituals
3
The sets of strings called quipus helped solve what problem of the Incas?
shortage of water
lack of transportation
lack of written language
shortage of administrators
4
What did the Incas do frist when they wanted a new group to join their empire?
paid the tribe's leader
launch a surprise attack
killed the tribe's priests
offered tribe membership
5
How did the Inca ruler send messages?
relay system of messengers
water around the mountains
trained pigeons
barter system with traders
6
What did the Mayan and Aztec civilizations have in common?
system of artificial islands
two calendar system
knot system of communication
counting system of 20's
7
The Incas built a ___________? to maintain their large empire
a road system
a written language
an irrigation system
a number system
8
Why did the Aztecs need aqueducts, canals, causeways, and dikes?
they were the center of the empire
to get around easier
they lived by the seasons
they lived on an island
9
What does it mean when the Aztec Empire was based on tribute?
they did not accept Aztec leaders
people paid taxes to the Aztec government
they worshiped gods
traveled there by river boats
10
The ayllu in Inca life is like _______? in American life today?
small-town neighborhood
factory workforce
church organization
volunteer fire department
11
The Mayans used what kind of method to communicate among their empire?
religious rituals
hieroglyphic system
dictionary of sounds
enlarged alphabet
12
Is it all 'orge' now?
yes
no
13
Reading and writing applied to only which group?
Nobles and Priests
Peasants
Slaves
Merchants and Artisans
14
The Aztecs made pilgrimages to the ruins of Teotihuacan civilization
False
True
15
The largest number of people in Mayan society were members of what class?
priests
peasants
merchants
nobles
16
Mayan art and architecture and the Mayan calendar show that Mayan
artists were highly honored
religion was very important
civilization was advanced
rulers were merciful
17
The three classes in Inca Society were the emperor, the nobles and the
commoners
slaves
leaders
bureaucrats
18
What did the Aztecs demand of the cities that they conquered?
leaders volunteer to be sacrificed
men serve in Aztec army
people pay tribute to the emperor
citizens give up their religion
19
What was the one of the Aztecs' most significant technological achievements?
invention of the calendar
aqueducts of Lake Texcoco
development of pictographs
city of Tenochtitlan
20
Crops from the allyu went to which three places?
Sappa Inca, Temple system, commoners
Temple system, slaves, commoners
Sappa Inca, Army, Temple system
Slaves, Army, Sappa Inca
21
What Mayan artform is still practiced today?
music and dance
sculpting in jade
weaving and embroidery
making gold jewelry
22
The Olmecs influcenced the Mayan civilization
False
True
23
Raised platforms is an example of a farming technique
False
True
24
Mayan achievement in mathematics
algebra
base ten
the zero
addition
25
A pyramid with two stairways pertains to what tribe?
Aztec
Olmec
Maya
Inca
26
What did the Spanish find when the met the Incas?
people without a religion
peaceful people
people that worked with gold
undeveloped civilization
27
Inca civilization in what mountain chain and time period?
Sierra Madre, 1500-1650CE
Sierra Madre, 1100-1200CE
Andes, 1400-1532CE
Andes, 700-900CE
28
What made it possible for the Olmec and the Maya to create permanent settlements?
the wheel
farming
metal tools
sailing
29
Where was the Inca Empire located?
Asia
South America
Africa
North America
30
What was the Incas' most impressive achievement?
the solar calendar
maintaining their large empire
writing with a complex alphabet
conquering many tribes
31
Which type of agricultural technique did the May use so they could farm in the mountains?
raised earth platforms
slash and burn
terraces
crop rotation
32
What word best describes the daily life of Mayan peasants?
hard
sad
complicated
pleasant
33
Who was the Incas' most important god?
earth mother
sea goddess
sky father
sun god
34
What is an ayllu?
a clan
a city
a business
an oasis
35
Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people's history?
to have more control over people
to tell a different story of their past
to prevent challenges to his power
improve his people's productivity
36
What was one benefit of settling on an island in Lake Texcoco
easy to defend
made of volcanic rock
had a deep harbor
had dense forests
37
Which of the following was part of the Aztecs' writing system?
pictographs
calendars
flowery speeches
chinampas
