Unit 5: America's & Exploration

Who lived in the Andes Mountains?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayans

• Olmec

Where did the Aztecs live?

• Chichen Itza
• Manchu Picchu
• Yucatan Peninsula
• Valley of Mexico

Who worshiped the sun god?

• Only the Mayans
• Only the Incas
• Only the Aztecs
• Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs

Aztec capital city built on a swampy island

• Tenochtitlan
• Cuzco
• Machu Picchu
• Pacal

Floating gardens built by the Aztecs

• chinampas
• mita
• masonry
• terraced farming

According to their discoveries, what do archaeologists believe Machu Picchu was?

• Trade center
• Communications center
• Religious center
• Arts center

A special tax paid to the Aztec emperor.

• codex
• ziggurat
• tribute
• quipu

The Inca civilization was located near and greatly influenced by which physical feature?

• Andes Mountains
• Gulf of Mexico
• Yucatan Peninsula
• Amazon River

Mexico City is located where the capital of which civilization once stood?

• Inca
• Maya
• Aztec
• Olmec

The Inca believed the emperor had a divine origin from the god of what?

• the sun
• the moon
• the maize
• the mountains