Mesoamerica and Age of Exploration

Which civilization was located around Lake Texcoco?

• the Aztec civilization

• the Mayan civilization

• the Inca civilization

• the Chumash civilization

What did the Incas use to link the various tribes?

• the internet

• money

• roads

• cellular phone technology

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

• in what is now Ecuador

• in what is now Mexico City

• in the Andes Mountains

• in the Yucatan Peninsula

Tenochtitlan was ________.

• a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City

• an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain

• the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered

• a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures

A major breakthrough of the Maya was

• developing the concept of zero.

• creating metal tools.

• domesticating horses and oxen.

• inventing the wheel.

Both the Incans and Aztecs were conquered by the __________________.

• English armada

• Spanish conquistadors

• Christopher Columbus

• Yellow Fever

Which disease contributed to the downfall of the Aztecs?

• measles

• mumps

• yellow fever

• small pox

The _____________ created floating gardens, or "chinampas" in addition to creating a beverage from chocolate.

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

Without _____, the Aztecs would not have been able to move trade goods like obsidian, gold, and feathers

across Lake Texcoco.

• basins

• chinampas

• causeways

• aqueducts

Where were the Maya located?

• A

• B

• C