Africa America Empire mini quiz

Even though they had no written language, which group kept records with corded knots called quipus?

• Olmecs

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

____________ had a limited amount of land to farm, so they built chinampas.

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Which of the following groups had an accurate 365 day calendar, were skilled mathematicians, and were the first to use zero.

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

To please their gods, this group regularly made human sacrifices.

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Which of the following was NOT a conquistador?

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Herman Cortes

• Moctezuma II

• They were all conquistdors.

The ____________ built enough roads to circle the earth.

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Pachacuti was a leader of the ____________.

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Spanish conquerors were also known as _________.

• temples

• causeways

• conquistadors

• chinampas

Which of the following helped the Spanish conquer the natives in the Americas?

• horses

• diseases

• better weapons

• all of the above

Axum was one of the first empires to adopt................ in the 4th century (300s).

• Islam

• Buddhism

• the Saba religion

• Christianity