Mesoamerica Quiz

One of the achievements of the Mayans was a ball game called

• pok-a-tok

• football

• soccer

• olmec ball

One of the achievements of the Aztecs was building

• a city in the middle of Lake Texcoco

• building Haciendas

• building temples in the middle of cities

• creating fierce fighting techniques

One of the major achievements of the Incas was building

• Machu Picchu

• Pok-a-tok

• Temple of the Sun

• a city in the middle of the lake

What way was the religion of the Mayans, Aztecs, and Inca similar?

• They were all monotheistic

• They were all polytheistic

• They believed in Christianity

• They believed in Islam

The Aztec's large capital city was called:

• Huitzilopochtli

• Maya

• Tenochtitlan

• Cherokee

What Mesoamerican society lived on the Yucatan Peninsula?

• Mayans

• Aztecs

• Inca

• Cherokee

The Incan empire was located in:

• Mexico City

• island of Hispaniola

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Peru and the Andes Mountains

Chinampas .....

• served as an Incan method of keeping unwritten records

• were innovative agricultural technique used by the Aztecs

• provided Mayan kings a place to go in times trouble

• failed as a Mayan method of fighting off outside invaders

Which civilization developed a sacred 365 calendar as well as agricultural calendar?

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Incas

• Cherokee

The civilization used quipus, which are colored, knotted strings used to record information

• Mayans

• Aztec

• Inca

• Cherokee