Chapter 7, Lesson 2: Life in the Americas

Maya-city-states often fought each other.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The study of aastronomy helped the Maya _____.

• invent a written language

• develop an accurate calendar

• understand the concept of zero

• conquer neighboring territories

Historians know why the Maya civilizations collapsed.

• TRUE

• FALSE

At the top of Aztec society was the _____.

• council of nobles

• head priest

• commander of the army

• emperor

The center of the Aztec Empire was Machu Picchu.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Terrace farming was an important development for the Inca because _____.

• they wanted to grow rice

• roads connected the fields to the cities

• invading armies could not reach these fields

• it provided more land that could be farmed

Hieroglyphs have helped us learn about the Inca.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Inuit settled along the coasts of the treeless plain south of the Arctic known as the (a)   .

The Iroquois League consisted of five different groups of Native Americans.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A notable and unique achievement of the Iroquois League was _____.

• forming a union of native American groups

• inventing the mud-dried bricks called adobe

• developing farming based on corns, beans, and squash

• creating a constitution for their goverment