Chapter 7 Practice

What can archaeologists tell about Olmec civilization from their remains?

• They built vast cities with wide avenues and surrounded by tall walls

• They probably had a powerful class of priests and aristocrats

• They used wheeled vehicles to move giant stones for religious monuments

• They did not use any decorations in their temples

Which farming method was not used by the Mayas?

• Farmers cleared desne rain forest

• Farmers built raised fields that caught and held rainwater

• Farmers built "floating gardens" out of reed mats.

• Farmers built channels that could be opened to drain excess water

Which of the following was not one of the Mayan advances in learning?

• a numbering system

• 365-day solar calendar

• a method for making paper

• a hieroglyphic writing system

Who governed the Aztec empire?

• There was no organized government

• The army ran the government

• Each city-state had a king

• A council chose the emperor

Why did the Aztecs make human sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli

• to get rid of prisoners of war

• to give the sun strength to rise each day

• to control unruly nobles

• to show their strength to the people they conquered

The Incas adopted the Mochica's ideas for building

• temples to honor the sun god

• aqueducts to carry water into the cities

• raised fields and irrigation systems

• roads and organizing networks of relay runners to carry messages

Claiming to be the son of the sun, the Sapa Inca was both emperor and

• tax collector

• chief religious leader

• Coya

• poet

The Incas united their empire by

• imposing their language and religion on the people they conquered

• forcing the conquered people to pay tribute

• encouraging trade throughout the empire

• establishing one common coinage

One way that the Incas regulated society was to

• prohibit most people from attending school

• arrange marriages to ensure that young men and women settled down

• require all young girls to serve in the temple of the sun god

• prohibit any travel throughout the empire

One of the jobs of the Chosen Women was to

• tend the terraced fields

• write history of the Incas

• make garments for the Sapa Inca

• act as messengers between provinces