Aztec, Inca, & Mayans

Inca farmers adapted their environment by growing food in

• flooded rice paddies
• terraced fields
• clear-cut rain forests
• expansive plantations

Which of the following points of view is shared by these artists?

• The Industrial Revolution has brought hardship throughout the world.
• The Green Revolution has encouraged new food stuffs to be produced.
• The Encounter made life in the New World very difficult for the native population.
• The Neolithic Revolution, without machinery, required strenuous labor.

To achieve the degree of development shown, the Aztecs first had to

• invent wheeled vehicles to move construction materials
• use domesticated animals to assist in agriculture
• establish an organized government and a specialized work force
• adopt advanced engineering techniques diffused from European cultures

Which phrase best completes this graphic organizer?

• Building thousands of miles of roads
• Maintenance of a large naval fleet
• Establishment of a national library filled with hundreds of books
• Reliance on camel caravans

Which civilization is credited with recording data with quipu, developing an elaborate road system, and constructing Machu Picchu?

• Roman
• Egyptian
• Mesopotamian
• Inca

Which development is most closely associated with early Inca achievements?

• inventing the wheel as a transportation device
• improving iron weapons
• expanding global trade
• adapting a mountainous environment

A key reason the Incas were able to control their large empire was that they

• outlawed human sacrifice
• formed a democratic government
• built a road system to connect distant areas and to move armies
• promoted literacy and mass education programs to teach loyalty to their subjects

What is the best title for this graphic organizer?

• Features of Hellenistic Culture
• Achievements in Medieval Europe
• Developments in Czarist Russia
• Characteristics of Maya Civilization

What was an important strategy used by both the Romans and the Incas to unify their empires?

• building a large network of roads and bridges
• using powerful navies to protect sea trade routes
• supporting free-market economies by minting silver coins
• granting citizenship and voting rights to conquered peoples

Which achievement played an important role in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations?

• use of gunpowder
• production of corn
• domestication of horses
• development of sugar plantations