SS Benchmark 1 Review

Messengers or runners of the Inca Empire

• leaders

• nobles

• peasants

• chasqui

Nobles and chiefs are usually part of the ____________ social class.

• high

• middle

• low

Which of these was NOT a Inca contribution?

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Their bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope, as well as their extensive network and roads, plus their entire cities built out of stone show us that the Inca were

• lazy

• gifted engineers and builders

• using a lot of help from the Maya

• skilled readers and writers

a division or group of a society based on status (wealth, power, or religion)

• government leaders

• priests

• social class

• environment

A system of pipes, ditches, and canals that conveys water

• Chinampas

• River

• Aqueducts

• Chasqui

The Inca used tightly fitted pieces of _________ to build their roads, bridges, and aqueducts.

• rope

• chinampas

• stone

• cedar wood

North American indigenous cultures shared this common trait...

• They all dressed alike.

• They spoke the same language.

• They had the same type of houses.

• They cared for their natural resources/environment.

Using the map, when did the Aztecs acquire the dark green area?

• 1486-1502

• 1502-1520

• 1427-1440

• 1469-1481

What is irrigation?

• the practice of gathering nuts (hunter/gatherer technique)

• the control of water for farming (advanced technology)

• hunting for large animals (nomadic lifestyle)

• the control of mud for farming (social class structure)