Inca, Aztec, Maya Review

The Maya civilization was a group of connected city-states.

• True

• False

What is a city-state?

• an artificial field of mud and vegetation used to produce crops

• the building where a bureaucrat works

• the great pyramid that stood at the center of the city

• a city with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state

Where was the Aztec civilization located?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, mostly Peru

What is the name of the lake where the Aztec settled?

• Lake Texcoco

• Lake Tenochtitlan

• Lake Teotihuacan

• Lake Toto

What were chinampas?

• the name for Aztec city-states

• farmlands carved into the mountain side

• farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled

• knots on a string used to communicate

Building chinampas allowed the Aztec to

• farm in swamp land

• farm in the mountains

• conquer neighboring tribes

• collect tribute

________________________ was built on an island with complex canals and causeways.

• Tenochtitlán

• Cusco

• Machu Picchu

• Copan

Where did the Inca live?

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, specifically mostly modern Peru

• Central Mexico

The Inca lived in

• Peru

• Chile

• Ecuador

• Mexico

The Andes

• are a mountain range where the Inca Empire was established

• are a civilization that was built in central Mexico

• are a series of lakes in Peru

• are a mountain range in central America