Second Semester Final Exam Review 2018

Question 1

The system of writing used by the Ancient Maya?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphs

Question 2

The Mayan people practiced a ___ type of government.

Accepted Answer

city-state

Question 3

What traits did the Aztec, Mayans, and Incas have in common? Maybe more than 1 correct..

Accepted Answer

They were polytheistic., All performed human sacrifice., All built pyramids.

Question 4

Christopher Columbus found the Americas while searching for ___

Accepted Answer

the sea route to Asia

Question 5

What created the cultural and ethnic diversity of today?

Accepted Answer

Many were left trapped in isolation for 20,000 years.

Question 6

Which two diseases killed more Native Americans than did Spanish swords and guns?

Accepted Answer

measles and smallpox

Question 7

The Mayan civilization ___

Accepted Answer

came to a mysterious end

Question 8

A black, glass-like rock made by volcanoes that is extremely sharp?

Accepted Answer

Obsidian

Question 9

The people who lived in the Valley of Mexico were called the...

Accepted Answer

Aztecs

Question 10

What geographic barrier would have prevented the Inca from expanding to the East?

Accepted Answer

Andes Mountains

Question 11

How did the Spanish explorers defeat the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

with guns, horses, and an epidemic.

Question 12

How did Pizarro conquer the Inca?

Accepted Answer

by cutting off trade routes

Question 13

The Aztecs had many ways to discipline children. Besides the picture, what is another way?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 14

What civilization was most notable for the creation of roads and bridges?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

gold

Question 16

Which social group is ranked higher among the Aztecs than the Inca?

Accepted Answer

Warriors and Merchants

Question 17

The Inca capital city was known as..

Accepted Answer

Cuzco

Question 18

Why did the Maya seek captives in war?

Accepted Answer

to offer as human sacrifices to gods.

Question 19

The Aztec became a mighty empire by...

Accepted Answer

Having a fierce army and conquering their neighbors.

Question 20

Why did the Aztecs build their capital in the middle of a lake/swamp?

Accepted Answer

They believed they were following a message from the gods.

Question 21

They type of farming used by the Incas...

Accepted Answer

Terrace farming.

Question 22

Scientists believe Asian people cross the ____ land bridge to come into the Americas.

Accepted Answer

Beringia

Question 23

What civilization lasted the longest?

Accepted Answer

Mayan Empire: 1800 BC to AD 250.

Question 24

The type of farming used by the Mayans...

Accepted Answer

Slash and burn farming.

Question 25

The Aztec and Mayan empires...

Accepted Answer

were built on war and conquest.

Question 26

Where is the Mayan civilization located?

Accepted Answer

in a dense forest

Question 27

The first American people were ___.

Accepted Answer

hunter-gatherers

Question 28

Which of the following is a false statement.?

Accepted Answer

Macchu Pichu was destroyed by the Spanish.

Question 29

Royal retreat for Inca rulers and may have been used as an observatory...

Accepted Answer

Macchu Pichu

Question 30

A region that includes the southern part of Southern Mexico and Central America...

Accepted Answer

Mesoamerica.

Question 31

How did the Inca keep track of births and deaths?

Accepted Answer

the quipu

Question 32

He invaded Mexico and defeated the Aztecs...

Accepted Answer

Cortes

Question 33

Which of the statements is evidence to support the claim, "Mayans were advanced astronomers."

Accepted Answer

Use pyramids as observatories and created a 365 day calendar

Question 34

Roads built above water or wet ground...

Accepted Answer

Causeway

Question 35

What empire controlled the Andes Mts. in South America?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 36

What happened to the losers of the Mayan ball games?

Accepted Answer

Sacrificed in a ritual.

Question 37

The Aztec capital city was called...

Accepted Answer

Tenochtitlan

Question 38

Who was Hernan Cortes?

Accepted Answer

the man who conquered the Aztecs

Question 39

How did the Mayans appease their gods?

Accepted Answer

By celebrating festivals and performing human sacrifices.

Question 40

Which 2 diseased killed more Native Americans than did Spanish guns?

Accepted Answer

Measles and smallpox

Question 41

How did the Ice Age 20,000 years ago impact human migration?

Accepted Answer

Ice sheets caused a lowering of sea levels & exposed land.

Question 42

The Incas controlled their vast empire by building a complex system of...

Accepted Answer

Roads

Question 43

The Mayan civilization...

Accepted Answer

came to a mysterious end.

Question 44

The Aztec, Inca, and Maya had all things in common EXCEPT this...

Accepted Answer

a system of writing.

Question 45

Why did Montezuma not attack the invading Spaniards right away?

Accepted Answer

He thought Cortes was a god.

Question 46

People who lived in the rainforest of the Yucatan peninsula...

Accepted Answer

Maya

Question 47

In Aztec society, the king was at the top, then the nobles, the commoners, the __, and slaves.

Accepted Answer

unskilled laborers

Question 48

Identify this continent.

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 49

This Aztec, located in central Mexico, used this type of farming...

Accepted Answer

Chinampas

Question 50

Great early American civilizations built large cities...

Accepted Answer

Near the equator in Mexico and Central America.

Question 51

In modern times, which fact is the most significant detail about the Beringia Land Bridge?

Accepted Answer

Hunters follow animal herds across the land bridge.

Question 52

Which of the following is a false statement?

Accepted Answer

Nobody knows why the Aztec civilization disappeared.

Question 53

Which theme of geography describes the following picture.

Accepted Answer

Movement

Question 54

Which civilization had the nobles sacrifice a gift of blood to the gods?

Accepted Answer

Maya

Question 55

Floating gardens built by the Aztecs...

Accepted Answer

Chinampas.

Question 56

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

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 57

What was the most important crop in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Maize

Question 58

How could commoners in Aztec society join the noble class?

Accepted Answer

by acting bravely in war

Question 59

What civilization is most associated with the use of chocolate?

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Second Semester Final Exam Review 2018

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Second Semester Final Exam Review 2018

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