Early Civilizations of the Americas Review

What did the Maya civilization use the stars to do?

• build pyramids

• create a calendar

• write in glyphs

• find directions

When did early people stop migrating?

• when they learned to hunt

• when they learned to farm

• when they learned to gather

• when they got bored

What did the Maya people play?

• a ball game

• a calendar game

• a race

• a diving game

What did the Inca people travel along?

• Aztec canals

• the Royal Road

• narrow mountain paths

• they didn't travel

Where did the Aztec build their city?

• Where they saw an eagle eating a snake

• by a great pyramid

• where they found a God holding a thunderbolt

• where they saw wooden people

What did early people in North America follow herds of to get food?

• jaguars

• pumas

• woolly mammoths

• wild antelope

What new crop did early civilizations develop and begin to farm?

• corn (maize)

• berries

• broccoli

• wheat

How did the Aztec move throughout the city of Tenochtitlan?

• on horses

• on roads

• on canals

• on cruise ships

What was the name of the mountain city built by the Inca?

• Machu Picchu

• Tenochtitlan

• Sapa Inca

• Chichen Itza

In the Maya creation myth, the final people that the gods created were...

• corn people

• wood people

• clay people

• jaguar people