CKLA Grade 5, Unit 2 - Early American Civilizations

Question 1

Tepew and Q'uk'umatz created the first people out of...

Accepted Answer

clay

Question 2

Pok-A-Tok had the same rules throughout the Maya civilizations.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

About how long did the Inca civilization last?

Accepted Answer

100 years

Question 4

What was the one way commoners could become nobles in Aztec society?

Accepted Answer

success on the battlefield

Question 5

Which city is often called "the city in the clouds"?

Accepted Answer

Machu Picchu

Question 6

In Inca society, groups of 10-20 people were called __________.

Accepted Answer

ayllus

Question 7

What were some ways the Maya creatively worked with water?

Accepted Answer

Canals, All of the above, Created wetlands with raised-earth platforms

Question 8

Why were temples in Maya society built towards the sky?

Accepted Answer

As a way to be close to the heavens and gods

Question 9

Why did people in early civilizations domesticate animals?

Accepted Answer

To help them do work

Question 10

In Maya society, who was considered the highest class?

Accepted Answer

Lords, Well-educated priests

Question 11

About how many glyphs did the Maya people have?

Accepted Answer

800

Question 12

Why is Palenque significant?

Accepted Answer

It has one of the longest hieroglyphic texts found

Question 13

What were the gardens that Aztec build on top of the lakes called?

Accepted Answer

chinampas

Question 14

The ruins of which ancient city are below Mexico City today?

Accepted Answer

Tenochtitlan

Question 15

Marketplaces in the Aztec civilization could be described as __________.

Accepted Answer

bustling

Question 16

The Maya civilization was primarily located in...

Accepted Answer

The Yucatan Peninsula

Question 17

Who was at the "top" of Inca society?

Accepted Answer

Sapa Inca

Question 18

The Inca civilization was primarily located in...

Accepted Answer

High in the Andes Mountains and other parts of South America

Question 19

The main problem with the wooden people Tepew and Q'uk'umatz created was that their bodies ___________.

Accepted Answer

warped

Question 20

Which is NOT one of the reasons the Spanish came to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 21

The Aztec civilization was primarily located in...

Accepted Answer

The Valley of Mexico and across much of central Mexico

Question 22

Why might the Maya civilization have collapsed?

Accepted Answer

All of these answers

Question 23

The Maya were the first people to...

Accepted Answer

Use the concept of 0

Question 24

Which time frame was known as the "golden age of the Maya?"

Accepted Answer

250 - 900 CE

Question 25

Which Spanish man led the conquering of the Aztec?

Accepted Answer

Cortes

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT an example of a tribute?

Accepted Answer

medicine

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT an example of a labor tax (mita)?

Accepted Answer

assisting Sapa Inca

Question 28

Descendants of the Maya people still live in parts of Mexico and South America today.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

The Aztec believed gods controlled the forces of nature, so they...

Accepted Answer

...sacrificed humans to the gods

Question 30

Why did the government relocate so many allyus?

Accepted Answer

to break up conquered groups of people, to station workers where they were needed

Question 31

"It was hard to tell where the sea ended and the sky began. Darkness filled the ___________ emptiness."

Accepted Answer

vast

CKLA Grade 5, Unit 2 - Early American Civilizations

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CKLA Grade 5, Unit 2 - Early American Civilizations

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