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Maya, Aztec, Inca, Mississippians
Maya, Aztec, Inca, Mississippians
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The Inca rope system was called...
Tlachtli
ayllu
mita
quipu
2
Whose capital was Cuzco?
Maya
Mississippian
Aztec
Inca
3
Whose capital was Tenochtitlan, an island in the middle of a lake?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Mississippian
4
Who invented floating gardens?
Mississippian
Maya
Aztec
Inca
5
An empire was run by a(n)...
Emperor
serf
Hieroglyph
Sapa Inca
6
Who conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizzaro
Christopher Columbus
Pedro de Alvarado
Hernán Cortes
7
Where did the Inca live?
Andes Mountains in South America
Yucatan Peninsula and Central America
Along rivers in North America
Central Mexico
8
Who built bridges made out of grass?
Inca
Mississippian
Aztec
Maya
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What two things did all 4 cultures have in common?
They all farmed and ate the three sisters and built mounds
They all grew the three sisters and were polytheistic
Polytheism and a ball game played on a stone court
Polytheism and Chinampas
10
Who played chungke?
Aztec
Inca
Mississippian
Maya
11
Which culture lived in villages surrounded by pallisades?
Aztec
Maya
Mississippians
Inca
12
Where did the Aztecs live?
Andes Mountains in South America
Central America, Yucatán Peninsula
Mexico City/Central Mexico
Along rivers in North America
13
What two cultures played a ball game that was similar?
Maya and Aztec
Mississippian and Maya
Aztec and Mississippian
Inca and Aztec
14
What are the three sisters?
beans, turkey, grasshoppers
women in the Aztec culture
corn, beans, and squash
corn, potatoes, and avocados
15
What is the difference between monotheism and polytheism?
They are both types of religious beliefs
Polytheism is the belief in multiple gods; monotheism is the belief in god
They are the same thing
Monotheism is the belief in many gods, polytheism is the belief in one gods
16
Who grew the three sisters?
All of the above
Maya
Inca
Aztec
17
What is the other word for corn?
Maize
Codex
Nahuatl
Irrigation
18
What is the fancy way to say farming?
Palisades
Agricultural Practices
Glyphs
Social Structure
19
Where did the Mississippians live?
Andes Mountains in South America
Along rivers in North America
Yucatán Peninsula and Central America
Central Mexico
20
What is not a type of farming?
Chinampas
Terraced farming
Codices
Slash & Burn
21
Where did the Maya live?
Along rivers in North America
Central America & Yucatan Peninsula
Andes Mountains in South America
Mexico/Mexico City
22
What "sign from the gods" showed the Aztec people where to settle?(Hint: this symbol is still on the Mexican flag today)
a snake on a cactus
a prickly pear cactus
A bird sitting on a cactus, eating an avocado
A bird with a snake in its mouth, sitting on a cactus
23
A chiefdom was...
a type of leader.
a type of farming.
run by a chief.
the ball game they played.
24
Trading was a big part of which culture?
Mississippian
Inca
Maya
Aztec
25
What was the lowest class in Aztec society?
ayllu
serfs
tlachtli
codex
26
Who built mounds?
Mississippian
Inca
Aztec
Maya
27
Who had a system of writing that had 500 heiroglyphics?
Mississippian
Aztec
Maya
Inca
28
Who invented a symbol for zero?
Inca
Aztec
Mississippian
Maya
29
Who conquered the Aztec?
Hernando Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Pedro de Alvarado
Francisco Pizzaro
30
Which ancient culture performed the first succesful brain surgery?
Mississippians
Aztec
Maya
Inca
31
What's Nahuatl?
A type of book
The Aztec language
A counting system
Picture writing
32
Which ancient civilization invented a 365 day calendar based on their observations of the Earth's path around the sun?
Mississippians
Aztec
Inca
Maya
33
What was the largest nation in the world at its time in history?
Maya
Aztec
Mississippians
Inca
34
Which ancient civilization mummified their dead?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Mississippian
35
Which culture grew potatoes?
Inca
Aztec
Mississippians
Maya
36
What is a conquistador?
A type of religion
An ancient book
A type of farming
A person who conquers
37
Who invented the drill?
Mississippian
Maya
Aztec
Inca
38
Who loved llamas?
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Mississippian
39
The leader of the Inca was called...
Nahuatl
Codex
Sapa Inca
Emperor
40
What could have caused the disappearance of the Maya?
Mismanagement of resources.
All of the above
Food shortage
Disease
41
What are hieroglyphs?
A social class
An ancient book
Picture symbols
A type of statue
42
What does a cartographer do?
drive cars
cook food
Make maps
take pictures
43
Define Mesoamerica.
North & South America
An explorer
Corn
Middle America
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Which ancient civilization was polytheistic?
Maya
All of the above
Inca
Aztec
