stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Duplicate of Ancient Americans Test Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Duplicate of Ancient Americans Test Review
Duplicate of Ancient Americans Test Review
20 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
111 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
20 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
20
Answers
1
Which civilization is known for their colossol heads?
Inca
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
2
In Mayan math, a bar represented which numrical value?
five
one
No one can read Mayan math
zero
3
Which civilization was the founding culture of Mexico, the mother culture?
Maya
Olmec
Inca
Aztec
4
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Beyonce
Speedy Gonzalez
Francisco Pizzarro
5
This civilization is known for their 365 day calendar, the concept of zero, and pyramids.
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
6
Which European country eventually colonized Mexico?
England
Spain
France
Portugal
7
All three ancient American civilizations held a belief in many gods known as ?
Atheist
Polytheism
Monotheism
Agnostic
8
The Aztecs farmed on small islands known as
jardin
chinampas
terraces
plots
9
What helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec the most?
Smallpox Virus
Their intelligence
Armour
Guns
10
What was the staple, most important, crop of the ancient Mexican civilizations?
avacado
beans
rice
corn
11
Because Mexico lies in the Ring of Fire zone, what natural extreme weather will occur in Mexico?
Artctic Blasts
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Typhons
12
Where did the Mayan civilization live?
Central Mexico
United States
Yucatan Peninsula
South America
13
What Mayan farming technique is used where the vegetation was cut away then lit on fire to clear the land?
Terraced Farming
Slash and Burn
Raised Platform
Cut, Burn, and Run
14
The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was located in the middle of which geographical landform?
forest
grasslands
lake
prairie
15
The Olmecs were called the Rubber people because
Insults bounced off them like rubber
Ability to create things from rubber trees
They imported rubber products from China
They had flexible bones that absorbed impact
16
For the Aztecs, what determined how they dressed?
How good their harvest was
How good looking they were
Which social class they belonged to
How close they lived to a pyramid
17
Which civilization ended mysteriously?
They all ended mysteriously
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
18
The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called
Letters
number
hieroglyphics
Lines
19
After the Maya civilization scattered throughout Mexico, which civilization was the next to rule?
Olmec
Apache
Aztec
Inca
20
What did the Aztec religion demand that they do to honor sun god?
human sacrifice
dance
play in a band
pray
