Mesoamerican Civilization

What did the Aztec religion demand that they do to honor gods and keep away the evil?

• pray
• attend ceremonies
• human sacrifices
• give the emperor food

What helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec the most?

• Horses
• Guns
• Disease
• Their intelligence

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Beyonce
• Hernan Cortes
• Pedro de Valdivia
• Speedy Gonzales

__________________ is a term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers from Spain.

• Sailors
• Penal colonies
• Conquistadors
• Monarchs

How was such a small army of Spanish conquistadors able to conquer such large Aztec and Inca empire?

• Spaniards were armed with guns, armor, horses and diseases that helped wipe out the indigenous population
• The Aztec and Inca people joined the Spaniards so they wouldn't get killed or enslaved
• Spaniards poisoned the Aztec and Inca
• The many gods the Aztec and Inca had, put a curse on them but blessed the Spanish

Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro were explorers from which European nation?

• Spain
• Italy
• Portugal
• France

What two groups had two calendars, one for tracking religion and one for farming?

• Maya and Aztec
• Olmec and Toltec
• Hopi and Zuni
• Tlingit and Chinook

The Maya were the first recorded civilization to feature the concept of ________ in their number system.

• 1
• - 1
• 0
• Infinity

Which of the following is/are possible explanation(s) for the disappearance of the Mayas?

• Population outgrew area to farm 
• Warfare from outside
• Severe drought
• All of the above

What type of government did the Mayan Empire have?

• democracy
• communism
•  leaders over Independent city-states
• dictatorship