Studies Weekly Week 24: Maya, Aztec, and Inca

What type of physical geographic region was the Mayan Empire

• Jungle

• Desert

• Moutnainous

• None of these

Where were the Aztec located?

• Modern day Mexico

• Modern day Brazil

• Modern day Peru

• Modern day Honduras

The Mayan lived on a land feature surrounded on three sides by water called the _________________

• Honduras Peninsula

• isthmus of Central America

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Baja of California

What type of physical geographic region did the Aztec live?

• Frozen Arctic Tundra

• High Desert Valley in the Mountains

• Low coastal plains in a Jungle

• Highly tropical Mountainous Jungle

Which major early Native American Civilization was found in South America?

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

The Native American group indigenous to the country of modern day Peru were the

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

• Aztec

The Aztecs had the largest population of all the Ancient Native Americans, but whose Empire held the most land?

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Inca

• Maya

The oldest and least known about civilization of Native Americans found on the Yucatan Peninsula were the ________.

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

• Inca

The Aztec calendar was based on

• 10-day weeks

• phases of the moon

• 365 days

• the planting and harvesting seasons

When the Incan leader Pachacuti took power from his father, he declared himself

• king

• emperor

• president

• imperial ruler