Pre-Columbian Americas Review Quiz #1

______ were divided into individual city-states ruled by king-gods. 

• The Olmec

• The Maya

• The Aztec

• The Inca

The Maya city-states were

• regularly at war with each other

• governed by townspeople and peasants

• small farming villages with small populations

• alive and well when Europeans arrived in the Americas

This 16th-century illustration shows an Aztec taking a prisoner of war after a battle. What role did war prisoners take in Aztec society? 

• Prisoners of war were sacrificed to the sun god. 

• Prisoners of war were held for ransom from Aztec enemies. 

• Prisoners of war were used to as slaves to work on Aztec farms

• Prisoners of war were encouraged to become Aztec warriors and join their army.

What was the name of the Aztec capital city, which is now modern-day Mexico City?

• Amazonia

• Tenochitlan

• Machu Pichu

• Lisbon

Who created a powerful empire in central Mexico and forced conquered cities peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax?

• Aztecs

• Inca

• Olmec

• Maya

The term pre-columbian describes the history of America before the arrival of

• Polytheism

• The Chinese

• Writing

• Europeans

Some Pre-Columbian Americans didn’t always stay in one area and were Nomadic.  Why was this the case?

• Their climate was too cold/hot.

• They wanted to explore other areas.

• There weren’t enough trees to build shelters.

• They followed food sources.

Which tribal region is circled on this map?

• Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Southeast

• Eastern Woodlands

Which tribal region is circled on this map?

• Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Eastern Woodlands

The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

• numbers
• letters
• hieroglyphics
• lines