Americas Quizizz Study Guide

The Incan Empire was linked together by -

• rivers

• qanats

• roads

• canals

The Maya were well known for their -

• knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.

• many conquests and warlike culture.

• part in the Atlantic slave trade.

• inability to keep written records.

The purpose of the ritual shown in the picture at right was to -

• take power and control away from the king.

• show the common peoples' dedication to the king.

• inspire younger warriors and prepare them for battle.

• have the gods provide good crops and successful wars.

The Aztecs collected _________ from the peoples they conquered, which became a large part of their economy.

• Fees

• Tolls

• Tributes

• Bribes

The Mayas

• created metal tools.

• domesticated horses and oxen.

• invented the wheel.

• developed the concept of zero.

Many feats of Aztec engineering were made necessary by Tenochtitlan’s location

• in the middle of a harsh desert.

• on a small island in a shallow lake.

• at a high altitude in the mountains.

• in the middle of a dense jungle.

Which civilization is considered the "Mother Culture" of early Central America because it was the first?

• the Olmec

• the Inca

• the Maya

• the Aztec

The losers of the Mayan ball games were ________.

• forced into slavery

• killed in a ritual

• exiled from the kingdom

• shunned for a year

What was quipu used for?

• Fishing
• Climbing
• Running
• Counting

The Incan civilization developed

• along a narrow desert bordering the Pacific Ocean.

• in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest.

• in the Andes mountains of South America.

• on islands off the coast of South America.