Mesoamerica

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

• Aztecs

• Olmec

• Incas

• Mayas

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

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

Hernan Cortes was the great Spanish____________ that conquered the Aztecs.

• conquistadors

• conquerors

• warriors

• soldiers

___________is a term for an earlier ancient culture that has great widespread influence on some later cultures and people.

• Home culture

• Father culture

• True culture

• Mother culture

The __________were located in Central Mexico, their capital city was Tenochtitlan and human sacrifice was a huge part of their religious beliefs.

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

• Aztecs

________________ was a region that includes the southern part of Mexico and much of Central America.

• South America

• Mesoamerica

• Central America

• North America

Many Native Americans made their weapons out of volcanic glass known as _________.

• obsidian

• basalt

• rock

• jade

Who lived in the Andes Mountains in South America?

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

What civilization adapted to their environment by terracing the hillsides for farming and stability

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca