Pre-Columbian Americas

Which was the first major civilization to appear in the Americas?

• Olmecs
• Aztecs
• Incas
• Maya

The term pre-columbian describes the history of America before the arrival of

• Pyramids

• Human sacrifices

• Writing

• Europeans

The religion of the Aztecs can be best described as:

• Monotheistic & Christian

• Polytheistic & Sacrificial

• Monotheistic & Judaism

• Polytheistic & Peacful

The Aztecs built floating gardens to help them grow more crops called...

• Terraces, turning steep, rocky mountain slopes into stair-like structures for farming

• seaweed

• Chinampas or artificial islands that were created by interweaving reeds with stakes beneath the lake's surface, creating underwater fences.

The Incas used bundles of knotted and colored ropes to count, keep records and send messages called what?

• Hieroglyphs

• Quipu

• Machu Picchu

• Quechua

What city was built by the Inca high up in the Andes Mountains?

• Machu Picchu

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Lima

Capital of the Aztec empire, built in the middle of a lake.

• Polytheism

• Andes Mountains

• Pachacuti

• Tenochtitlan

Belief in many gods

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

According to some scientists, how did ancient people cross from Asia to North America?

• Using a primitive raft

• By Viking ship

• Across a large glacier

• Using a land bridge during the last Ice Age

Which civilization was located in the Andes Mountains?

• Aztec

• Pueblo

• Maya

• Inca