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What was the Aztecs most important city?
Mexico City
Tenochtitlán
Toltec
Tikal
2
What is divination?
A cutting technique invented by the Incas
An early form of division
The art of telling the future through religious means
A meeting among the tribal elders
3
Civilizations became possible when humans began to...
Farm
Hunt
Gather
Invent the wheel
4
Name an important
Mayan
city.
Tikal
Cuzco
Palenque
Tenochtitlan
5
What is agriculture referring to?
Local Music
Ancient cultures
The study of small animals
Farming
6
The Incas believed their emperor was related to Inti...
The sun god
The former Aztec ruler
The chief god
A slave mother
7
Incan architects and engineers are famous for building ____
stone bridges crossing deep mountain gorges.
aqueducts to carry water from distant lakes.
thousands of miles of roads to connect the empire.
deep mountain wells used to irrigate crops.
8
Which civilization occupied the Yucatan Peninsula?
Olmec
Maya
Toltec
Aztec
9
Did the Incas have a written language?
No
Yes
Maybe one day
10
Which of the following is in the higher social class?
Artisan
Merchant
Priest
Spy
11
Why is overpopulation bad for a civilization?
Not enough babies are being born
Everyone wants to have the same job
There are more people than farms can grow food for
There are too many gods
12
The Mayas _____
developed the concept of zero
invented the wheel
domesticated horses
created metal tools
13
What is one thing civilizations do to succeed?
Build statues
Hunt
Change their environment to make things easier
Stay in the same location and avoid other groups
14
Culture includes...
Art
All of the above
Food
Clothing
15
Scientists believe that people in Asia followed the animals they were hunting across a __________ to the Americas.
wooded plain
land bridge
peninsula
rainbow
16
What sport did the Maya play?
Futbol
Teo'tikwa
Pok-a-tok
quidditch
17
Currency is...
A rapper from New Orleans
System of money
Aztec ceremony when girls came of age
A class of Incan warriors
18
Which is a
theory
for the collapse of the Mayas in the Classic Period?
Meteors
Over population
Spanish invasion and spread of disease
Uncontrolled Warfare
19
Who performed sacrifices?
Priests
The emperor
Soldiers
Anyone
20
The Incan mita system was to _________
calculate the movements of the stars.
design the beautiful patterns on their fine textiles.
collect taxes in the form of physical labour.
fit stone blocks together without using mortar.
21
What is one of the present day countries the Mayas were located in?
Colombia
Chichen Itza
Guatemala
Mexico
22
What is the present day country where the Aztecs' empire was located?
Peru
Ecuador
Mexico
Colorado
23
The __________ were the first Mesoamericans to establish a trading empire.
Maya
Olmec
Aztec
Zapotec
24
How did the Mesoamerican empires pay for things?
Credit cards
Money
Trading
Providing services
25
Which civilization had a capital city called Cuzco?
Aztec
Maya
Mapuche
Inca
26
What is the most important crop for both the Mayas and the Aztecs?
Beans
Corn
Tortilla
Bananas
27
Last Aztec ruler was _____
Montezuma I
Pachacutec
Pacal
Montezuma II
28
Mesoamericans believed in...
One god
No gods
Many gods
29
What is one of the present day countries that was part of the Incan empire?
Mexico
Brazil
Spain
Peru
30
For communication, Incas had an excellent...
System of roads
Calendars
Air conditioning
Artificial Islands
31
Which one of these is a characteristic of civilizations?
Shared Language
There is a ruler
Civilizations first started 4,500 years ago
Absence of class structure
32
To please the gods, Mesoamericans sacrificed...
All of the above
Food & other items
Animals
Humans
33
What do merchants do?
Chant folk songs
Collect taxes
Make art
Trade & sell items
34
The Mesoamerican landscape included...
Subarctic
Forests
Glaciers
Mountains
35
Inca language.
Quechua
Español
Nahuatl
Mayan
36
What knotted set of strings did Chasquis use as memory aids for messages?
Quipus
Almanac
Quechua
Abacus
37
The Incan civilization developed ______________
along a narrow desert bordering the Pacific Ocean.
in the Andes mountains of South America.
on islands off the coast of South America.
A Amazon rainforest.
38
The Aztec and Incan civilizations came to an end after...
The discovery of electricity by enemies
A long drought
An earthquake in the capital
Invasion by the Spanish conquistadors
39
Warfare helped make these civilizations powerful, but it also...
Left those conquered upset with them
Drew the attention of the Europeans to them
Led to World War I
Lowered their population and weakened them
40
Founder of Inca empire was Pacahacuti
False
True
41
What agriculture technique did the Maya and Inca use to farm on mountains?
Aviaries
Boulder precautions
Slash and burn
Terraces
42
What would happen to a tribe if they said no to joining the Incas?
The Incas would then try to form an alliance with them
The Incas would join them, instead
The Incas respected their wishes and left them alone
The Incas attacked them and usually conquered them
43
Maya astronomers built __________________ to follow the paths of objects in the sky.
Temples
Very tall towers
Observatories
Conservatories
44
What was the Incan emperor called?
King
President
Monarch
Sapa Inca
45
Define civilization
The rulers group of advisors
Advanced state of society with great culture & government
Written history that dates back further than 2,000 years ago
Type of nomadic tribe that hunts & gathers their food
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The Aztecs built _____________ for land to farm.
aqueducts
chinampas
basins
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