Early Americans, Lesson 5

Where was the Incan Empire?

• Primarily the Andes Mountains

• Valley of Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Central America

Where were the Mayans located?

• The Yucatan Peninsula

• Mostly the Andes Mountains

• Valley of Mexico

• Central America

Where were the Aztecs located?

• Valley of Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Mostly in the Andes Mountains

• Central America

There were many causes to the declines of all three civilizations, but what is one of the main ones that Spaniards brought?

• Diseases

• Riches

• Resources

• Horses

What is the subject in a sentence?

• The person, place, or thing a sentence is about

• What the person, place, or thing in a sentence is doing

• The verb

• A pronoun

What is the predicate in a sentence?

• What the person, place, or thing in a sentence is doing

• The person, place, or thing a sentence is about

• The verb

• A pronoun

What do the prefixes -il and -ir mean?

• Not

• Yet

• Now

• A change

How many different kinds of people were created by the gods in the Mayan myth

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 4

The gods destroyed the clay people for not honoring them, but some survived. What are they known as today, according to the myth?

• Monkeys

• Jaguars

• People

• Trees

What is a myth?

• Stories that explain unanswered questions told through the generations

• Made up stories

• Fake stories

• The whole truth