Mesoamerica

Many historians believe that people first came to the Americas by crossing the ________.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Bering Strait

• Rocky Mountains

Which civilization is considered the "Mother Culture" of early Central America?

• the Olmec

• the Inca

• the Maya

• the Aztec

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

• in what is now Ecuador

• in what is now Mexico City

• in the Andes Mountains

• in the Yucatan Peninsula

Tikal was ________.

• an Incan city in the Andes

• the first place the Spanish invaded

• an ancient Mayan city

• a floating garden

Tenochtitlan was ________.

• a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City

• an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain

• the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered

• a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures

Which kingdom was the biggest in the Americas, based in the Andes Mountains of Peru?

• the Olmec

• the Inca

• the Maya

• the Aztec

What do historians think Machu Picchu was mostly likely used for?

• a school

• a sacrificial altar

• a marketplace

• an astronomic observatory

Which of the following is a false statement?

• The Aztecs performed human sacrifice.

• Nobody knows why the Aztec civilization disappeared in 869.

• Aztec children attended school.

• The Aztec people held slaves.

Which of the following is a false statement?

• The ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu was destroyed by the Spanish.

• The Incan city of Machu Picchu was built on a 9,000-foot mountain top.

• The Incan kingdom contained over 20,000 miles of roads.

• The Incas built aqueducts.

The losers of the Mayan ball games were ________.

• forced into slavery

• killed in a ritual

• exiled from the kingdom

• shunned for a year