Olmec, Maya, and Aztec Test A

___________ wanted to find a route to Asia by sailing west as opposed to traveling around Africa:

• Columbus
• Dias
• Da Gama

The primary food that the native population of Mesoamerica ate was:

• Corn
• Tomatoes
• Cacao

Columbus and Cortes wanted to convert native Mesoamericans to which religion through religious conversion for Spain?

• Christianity
• Judaism
• Buddhism

Which civilization was known as the “Mother Culture” of Mesoamerican civilizations?

• Navajo
• Cherokee
• Olmec

What Native Mesoamerican civilization created giant stone heads that people can now see in museums and in abandoned ruins in Mexico?

• Olmec
• Maya
• Aztec

How did the Maya govern their society?

• One emperor ruled over the entirety of mesoamerica with absolute power
• The region was in anarchy, with no rules, laws, or government to manage the people
• The Mayan had individual city states in which each city state had their own rules, laws, and leaders

What was the impressive mathematical achievement the Mayans were well known for?

• Discovering the Pythagorean theorem
• Used stars and gravity to calculate the size of the earth
• Discovered the concept of zero

This central Mexican tribe was known as the Mexica:

• Tlaxcalans
• Toltecs
• Aztecs

This was the capital city of the Aztecs:

• Cholula
• Tenochtitlan
• Santiago

The capital city of the Aztecs was located on a lake called:

• Lake Texcoco
• Lake Michigan
• Lake Huron