Mesoamerica

Where was the Mayan civilization located? 

• The Indian Ocean
• Nile River
• Euphrates River
• Yucatan Peninusla

True or False? The Maya built a complex system of roads to connect the different Maya city-states.

• True
• False

What was the staple crop (most important food source) for the Maya and Aztec civilizations?

• Avocados

• Potatoes

• Maize (corn)

• Bananas

What is the type of farming used in the rain forest where the vegetation was cut away then started on fire to clear the land for planting crops, mainly used by the Mayans?

• slash and burn

• terraced farming

• raised platform farming

Who lived in the Andes Mountains?

• Aztecs
• Incas
• Mayans
• Tu

Aztec capital city built on a swampy island

• Tenochtitlan
• Cuzco
• Machu Picchu
• Pacal

Inca capital

• Cuzco
• Tenochtitlan
• Pacal
• Mexico City

Floating gardens built by the Aztecs

• chinampas

• mita

• masonry

• terraced farming

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