Mesoamerica

Where is Mesoamerica?

• The southern part of Mexico and northern countries in central America

• The central United States and the northern parts of Mexico

• Present day Panama to the Southern end of the Amazon

• Southeastern United States and encompassing the caribbean

What are the main crops in the drier highland areas?

• Maize

• squash

• Beans

• All of the above

The development of the olmec culture led to the birth of ...

• Mesoamerica's first civilization

• The flooding of farmland

• Believing in only one God

• A class system

Despite their achievements, the Maya did not have...

• A reliable calendar

• Wheeled vehicles

• A writing system

• Knowledge of Mathematics

Maya Astronomers used their observations to...

• Calculate the best times for planting and harvesting

• Travel across the Atlantic Ocean

• Plan religious celebrations

• For harvesting times and religious celebrations

What is the correct order of the Maya class system?

• Farmers/ slaves, Kings, Priest/ warriors,Merchants/ crafts people

• Kings, Priests/warriors, merchants/crafts people, farmers/slaves

• Farmers/slaves, merchants/crafts people, warriors/priests, kings

In the Maya writing system, what were the symbolic pictures called?

• Glyphs

• Codices

• Scribes

Why were chinampas vital to the Aztecs?

• They allowed the Aztecs to travel long distances

• They offered housing and shelter for farmers

• They provided artificial fields for farming

• The gods lived in the chinampas

Why were human sacrifices apart of traditional Aztec religious beliefs?

• The Aztec empire was overpopulated so they sacrificed slaves to depopulate the region

• They wanted to please the gods and have a bountiful harvest

• They thought that human blood would allow for fertile soil in the chinampas

• According to legend, the god tenoch told the Aztecs to sacrifice humans

The following factors helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs and Inca except...

• European diseases

• Greater number of soldiers

• Superior weapons

• existing problems in the empire