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1
Mayan who lived in the tropical lowlands of Mexico had to adapt your home and hunting to
a plateau environment
a desert environment
a mountainous environment
a rain forest environment
2
Before the Spanish conquistadors came to the Inca empire, Inca history and legends were
recorded in books made of animal skins
passed down through oral tradition
carved in walls through a process similar to hieroglyphics
written in bark–paper books
3
A quipu was a counting tool made of rope that was used by the
Incas
Mayans
Aztecs
Olmecs
4
In order to build up their capital city, Aztecs used a form of payment called a __________
tariff
tax
tribute
tithe
5
Stone monuments that were carved into large heads were created by which ancient civilization?
The Incans
The Olmecs
The Aztecs
The Mayans
6
How did the Aztecs adapt to the swampy regions of their capital city in order to get food?
They developed floating raised garden beds to grow crops
They traded with nearby tribes to get food
They attacked neighboring tribes in order to obtain food
They grew few crops and caught fish for most of their food
7
Glyph writing was invented by which early Meso–American civilization?
The Olmec
The Maya
The Zapotec
The Aztec
8
Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro kidnapped their leader and destroyed their army
The Aztecs
The Mayans
The Incas
The Anasazi
9
Inca developed what farming techniques to combat soil erosion and to farm on hill sides?
leaving fields fallow
slash and burn
terraced farming
crop rotation
10
Mayan civilizations were located primarily in which present day country?
Argentina
Peru
Mexico
Columbia
11
All of the following plants were grown and used in the Mayan lowlands, except
palm trees
coffee beans
avocados
corn
12
Most of the Aztec gods were associated with
warfare
livestock
trade
agriculture
13
Which of the following MAJOR landforms made it extremely difficult for the Incans to farm?
The Amazon Basin
The Atacama Desert
The Brazilian Highlands
The Andes
14
What item did members of the Aztec nation have to trade for because it was not commonly found
fish
corn
squash
wood
15
The Mayan civilization painted and carved hieroglyphs to __________.
please the gods
scare away wild animals
decorate their houses and temples with fictional stories
tell stories about rulers and great events in their history
16
The Inca civilization arose and developed in/on __________.
Central America
Mexico
South America
the southwestern United States
17
To people today, the Mayan system of glyphs might look more like ______ than _____.
pictures / words
words / letters
numbers / letters
numbers / words
18
Mayans had an accurate solar calendar. How many days was their calendar based on?
365
355
385
304
19
The Mayan and Aztec civilizations both developed
gunpowder
a calendar
rifle
the sailboat
20
Which person would have been a member of the highest class in the Mayan society?
a soldier
a merchant
a god–king
a farmer