Mesoamerica Quiz

The name for the corn that was grown by many Native American groups.

• Cuzco

• Chinampas

• Maize

• Atahaulpa

Capital city of the Inca Empire

• Atahualpa

• Cuzco

• Lima

• Tenochtitlan

Inca ruler who was in power when the Spanish arrived.

• Atahualpa

• Montezuma

• Chinampas

• Maize

Farming system of raised or floating gardens used in wetlands.

• Maize

• Montezuma

• Tenochtitlan

• Chinampas

Aztec ruler who fell to European explorers.

• Tenochtitlan

• Montezuma

• Atahualpa

• Cortes

Capital city of the Aztec Empire

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Machu Piccu

• Chinampas

To appease the gods, the Aztec

• burned large quantities of maize

• practiced human sacrifice of war captives

• climbed to the central of the pyramid's shrine

• wrote and performed lengthy war songs

One Maya calendar (very accurate to today's calendars) was based on

• 150-day year

• 365-day year

• 30-day year

• 1000-day year

What advantage did better weaponry give Spanish conquistadors over the Aztec and Inca Empires?

• It inspired the Aztec and Inca to develop better weapons of their own.

• It allowed relatively fewer men to control large populations.

• It caused the Aztec and Inca to fear the Spanish and give up.

• It gave the Spanish great speed to get away in battle.

Main system employed by the Incas to record information using knotted cords.

• Quipu

• Chinampas

• Quechua

• Maize