PMWH Final Exam Review 2

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

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

This civilization lived ONLY in Mexico.

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

This civilization built its capital city of Tenochtitlan on an island in a lake.

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Which civilization built chinampas, or floating gardens?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Who developed irrigation practices, to support their civilization and grew crops on chinampas (giant man-made islands), including corn, beans, squash, and potatoes?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Inca capital

• Cuzco
• Tenochtitlan
• Pacal
• Mexico City

What does the word Renaissance mean?

• Resurrection

• Rebirth

• Rejuvenation

• Reformation

In what country did the Renaissance start?

• Italy

• Greece

• France

• Germany

Which is NOT a reason the Renaissance began in Italy?

• Rich trading ports

• They never had the Black Plague

• Wealthy cities could support the arts

• Home to Rome, which everyone was trying to copy

"Father of Humanism" who wrote sonnets to Laura and preserved Greco-Roman manuscripts.

• Petrarch

• Johann Gutenberg

• Erasmus

• Sir Thomas More