Mesoamerica Test Review

Terracing relates to

• art
• farming
• trade
• hunting

Meso means

• upper
• middle
• lower
• final

When the Ice Age ended, the land bridge was

• covered
• revealed

To tame an animal or plant for human use is called

• specialization
• domestication
• irrigation
• celebration

The Mesoamericans domesticated [ ] by making it [ ].

• corn, larger
• corn, smaller
• pumpkins, larger
• pumpkins, smaller

The Olmec were known for their sharp weapons made of

• basalt
• obsidian
• steel
• jade

Mesoamerica has [ ] farmland because of [ ].

• fertile, volcanic deposits
• fertile, corn
• poor, volcanic deposits
• poor, irrigation

The earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica was the [ ].

• Zapotec
• Aztec
• Olmec
• Chavin

A monopoly is 

• a way of trading
• a type of ancient weapon
• total control over the supply of a good
• money paid to a conquering power

Terracing was usually performed on

• sloped land
• flat land
• fertile land
• rocky land