Maya, Aztec, and Inca

The Maya and Aztec civilizations were in ______.

• South America

• Mesoamerica

• New Mexico

• Florida

What was the name of the mountain range where the Inca lived?

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Appalacian Mountains

• The South American Mountains

• The Andes Mountains

The Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations are all known as _____.

• pre-American

• post-American

• pre-Columbian

• post-Columbian

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

This structure was in the center of Mayan city-states, and was where the temple and burial monuments to honor dead kings were located.

• Pok-a-Tok Court

• Marketplace

• Palace

• Pyramid-temple complex

Which of the following are an example of ways the Maya adapted their landscape to meet their needs. Choose all that apply.

• slash and burn

• cutting terraces into mountain slopes

• building chinampas

• creating canals for rainwater

_____ are the symbols the Maya used in their written language.

• stelae

• glyphs

• heiroglyphics

• hashtags

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Choose the best possible explanation for the decline of the Maya civilization.

• lack of rainfall

• chopping down too many trees

• European diseases

• probably a combination of several things

According to the Maya myth, their people were successfully creating using

• corn

• wheat

• wood

• stone

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The capital city of the Aztec Empire was called _____.

• Mesoamerica

• Tenochtitlan

• Chichen Itza

• Cuzco

The Aztec built _____ on Lake Texcoco to create habitable land.

• canals

• islands

• causeways

• chinampas