MesoAmerica

When did the Aztecs live?

• 700-900
• 1700-1900
• 1000-1100
• 1400-1500

What does the term "mesoamerican" mean?

• Middle Passage
• Middle America, between North and South America
• Middle America, including states like Texas and Oklahoma
• Messy America

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

Because of the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs built

• causeways.
• chinampas.
• irrigation canals.
• terraces.

The Maya civilization was after the Aztec civilization.

• TRUE
• FALSE

• Cultivation of corn, tomatoes, and beans • pictorial writing system • Human sacrifices to the sun god • Accurate calendar of 365 days • Use of the number zero * Abandoned cities around year 900 AD

• Aztec

• Mayan

• Inca

• Apache

The Aztecs collected _________ from the peoples they conquered, which became a large part of their economy.

• Fees

• Tolls

• Tributes

• Bribes

The Aztecs were eventually conquered by __________, and the Inca were conquered by __________.

• Francisco Pizarro, Vasco Balboa

• Hernando Cortez, Juan Ponce de Leon

• Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco Balboa

• Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro

Where were the Maya located?

• A

• B

• C

Where is the Yucatan Peninsula?

• A

• B

• C