Mesoamerica Test

This civilization used chinampas, which are "floating gardens." 

• Inca
• Aztec
• Maya
• None of the Above

This civilization was known for their amazing popcorn, also known as popped maize. 

• Inca
• Aztec
• Maya
• None of the Above

This civilization used the slash-and-burn method in order to farm. 

• Inca
• Aztec
• Maya
• None of the Above

Which Spanish explorer was responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire? 

• Columbus
• Cortes
• Moctezuma II
• King Ferdinand

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

The Maya were well known for their -

• knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.

• many conquests and warlike culture.

• part in the Atlantic slave trade.

• inability to keep written records.

The Maya system of glyphs looks more like _____________than____________.

• Pictures/Words

• Numbers/Letters

• Numbers/Words

• Words/Letters

Where was the Aztec empire located?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Modern day California

• Chile and Peru

What group of people did the giant stone heads belong to?

• Mexica

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

• in what is now Ecuador

• in what is now Mexico City

• in the Andes Mountains

• in the Yucatan Peninsula