Development of the Americas 1200-1450

Which was NOT a method of state-building used by the Mexica/Aztec?

• Collecting tribute from conquered people

• Taxing trade with Muslim merchants

• Using religion to justify power

• Military superiority over neighboring peoples

What was the system used by the Inca for people to perform labor services to pay taxes?

• Mita System

• Quipa System

• Quechuan System

• Maize System

What was the Mayan religion like?

• They believed in one god

• They believed in many gods (polytheistic)

• They didn't believe in any gods

• They didn't believe in animal or human sacrifices

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

• tribute

• quechua

• terrace farming

• chinampas farming

This civilization used quipus, which are colored, knotted strings used to record information.

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

What did the Aztecs do to apease their gods?

• burning neighborning houses
• trying to kill the leader
• human sacrifice
• naming your child after their god

Floating gardens built by the Aztecs

• chinampas
• mita
• masonry
• terraced farming

What was the Inca method of doing math and record keeping by using a rope of knotted cords of different lengths and colors?

• Quipu
• Machu Picchu
• Moche
• Olmec

The name of the capital of the Aztec Empire was

• Chinampas

• Valley of Mexico

• Death Valley

• Tenochtitlan

What became the most important food to the early native people of the Americas?

• Wheat

• Barley

• Millet

• Corn