Mesoamerican Recap

Why don't we know what happened to the Olmec Civilization?

• They had no written language.

• They have no written records left behind.

• They hid their treasure.

• We know, and this question is incorrect.

Mexico was home to all of the following civilizations EXCEPT

• Inca

• Maya

• Aztec

• Olmec

Engineering was a key advance from which civilization that built Machu Picchu?

• Toltecs

• Aztecs

• Maya

• Inca

Which of the following was NOT a reason the Maya died off in the 800s?

• Civil War

• Over-farming

• Outside Invastion

• European Colonization

Tenochtitlan was the place where an eagle landed on a cactus, and it was a capital city for which civilization?

• Aztecs

• Maya

• Inca

• Spanish

Which God did the Aztecs mainly sacrifice people for?

• Quetzalcoatl, the Creator God

• Huitzilopochtli, the Sun God

• Tlaloc, the God of Rain

• Mixcoatl, the Cloud Serpent

What was the largest extent the Inca people controlled in their empire?

• 2,000 miles

• 2,000 kilometres

• 2,500 miles

• 2,500 kilometres

What was the name of the land bridge that early Americans crossed to come to America?

• Bering Strait

• Beringia

• Panamania

• Panama Canal

Mita was a:

• Shared labor system in the Inca Empire

• Shared labor system in the Olmec Empire

• Shared labor system in the Mayan Empire

• Shared labor system in the Aztec Empire

What part of Mexico was home to the Olmec and Maya?

• Lake Texcoco

• Rio Grande

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Baja California