Mesoamerica

Type of corn that was used by Native Americans throughout Mesoamerica and the Americas?

• corn

• potatoes

• maize

• turnips

Aztecs used _________ to get fresh drink water into Tenochtitlan.

• aqueducts

• chasqui

• causeways

• codex

________ beans were used as money. This is now what we make chocolate out of.

• Coco

• Cacao

• Maize

• Calpulli

The ______ were located in Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatan Peninsula. They believed in human sacrifice as part of their religion.

• Aztecs

• Olmec

• Incas

• Mayas

A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect is called a ________.

• tribute

• causeway

• terrace

• codex

The ________is considered the mother culture of all Mesoamerican cultures. They had a vast civilization throughout the Gulf Coast of Mexico.

• Aztecs

• Inca

• Olmec

• Maya

This popular sport was played throughout Mesoamerica, believed to be invented by the Olmec. This game had religious importance and the losing team was sacrificed to the gods.

• Basketball

• Baseball

• Soccer

• Ball Game

The _______were located in South America within the Andes Mountains. They created terrace farming and used canals. This civilization did not use human sacrifices in their religious beliefs, however they sacrificed llamas.

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

• Olmec

Tenochtitlan used___________ for people to travel through the city.

• roads

• canals

• causeways

• tunnels

Hernan Cortes was the great Spanish____________ that conquered the Aztecs.

• conquistadors

• conquerors

• warriors

• soldiers