Mesoamerican and Andean Cultures Review

Which of the following cultures were in Mesoamerica? (Choose all of the ones that apply)

• Maya

• Chimu

• Olmec

• Inca

• Aztec

Which of the following cultures were in the Andes? (Choose all of the ones that apply)

• Aztec

• Chimu

• Aymara

• Inca

• Nazca

This group of people created giant stone heads.

• Olmec

• Maya

• Nazca

• Aymara

This group people sacrificed 150 children at one time, probably to their gods to help stop extreme flooding.

• Chimu

• Aztec

• Nazca

• Aymara

This group had a very complex road network that extended from Colombia to Chile.

• Inca

• Aztec

• Maya

• Aymara

This group had its capital city of Tenochtitlan that was one of the biggest cities of its time.

• Inca

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

This group studied astronomy and even built an observatory.

• Chimu

• Olmec

• Maya

• Nazca

This group shaped the skulls of some babies to elongate them.

• Chimu

• Inca

• Maya

• Nazca

This group kept their native language when they were conquered by the Incas.

• Chimu

• Maya

• Aymara

• Nazca

Both of these groups had massive empires when the Spanish arrived in the Americas

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztec

• Nazca

• Chimu