Mesoamerica Review

They lived in the dense rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula.

What was Francisco Pizarro in search of when he found the Inca?

Which of the following was NOT a similarity between Mayan, Aztec, and Incan religion?

To hold his large empire together, Incan king Pachacuti set up a strong ___ type of government.

No one know the exact reason for the collapse of this civilization.

How did the Spanish explorers defeat the Aztecs?

The capital of this civilization was Tenochtitlan.

Christopher Columbus found the Americas while searching for...

Francisco Pizarro defeated this civilization along and went on to be the governor.

This group created a calendar that predicted the world would end in 2012.

They had NO writing system and therefore only had oral traditions to pass on history.

This civilization practiced agricultural techniques such as terracing.

A major city of this civilization was Tikal.

They believed their sun god told them to build a city where an eagle ate a snake.

This civilization invented basketball.

The ruler of this empire thew the Bible that Francisco Pizarro tried to give him.

This was the only empire located in South America.

In what country are the Aztec ruins located?

This civilization was centered in the Yucatan Peninsula.

All of the following helped Hernan Cortes defeat the Aztecs EXCEPT...

Who was Hernan Cortes?

Why did the Maya seek captives in war?

The ___ welcomed the Spanish invader who was thought to be the light-skinned god Quetzalcoatl.

The Mayan civilization...

This civilization invented popcorn.

This was the first civilization of the three to live in Mesoamerica.

This civilization made their home in stone structures in the Andes Mountains.

Which product was grown on Mayan farms and even used as currency by the Aztecs?

How did Pizarro conquer the Inca?

This empire was defeated by the Spanish with the help of a slave named Dona Marina.

This empire was known for its impressive stonework which withstood earthquakes.

This civilization was known for being fierce, skilled warriors and practicing human sacrifice.

The Mayan people practiced a ___ type of government.

Montezuma lead this group.

The Incan leader Pachacuti...

Why did Montezuma not attack the invading Spaniards right away?

This was the only empire NOT conquered by the Spanish.

The Incas were known for all of the following achievements EXCEPT...

How did the Incans address the problem of growing crops on the sides of mountains?

Which diseases killed more Native Americans than did Spanish swords?

What did the Mayans use their scientific investigations to make?

This civilization originally referred to themselves as the Mexica.

This civilization built the largest empire in Mesoamerica and had the capital of Cuzco.

This civilization developed the number system with zero.

Hernan Cortez defeated this civilization along with his allies from the same civilization.

They lived on a swampy island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.

How could commoners in Aztec society join the noble class?

Where was the Mayan civilization located?

Where did the Incan Empire begin and is also the location of Manchu Picchu?

They created floating gardens by planting crops in soil on top of rafts.