Mesoamerican Civilization Vocab Quiz

What is a chinampa?

• A raised road or path across low or wet ground

• A device used for calculating and recording formation

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

• A small, stationary, artificial island built on a lake for agricultural purposes

What is a calpulli?

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

• A volcanic glass similar in composition to granite

• A structure designed to bring fresh water into a city or town

• A clan or ward constituting the fundamental unit of Aztec society

What is a quipu?

• A volcanic glass similar in composition to granite

• A device made of a main cord with smaller different colored cords attached and knotted used for calculating and recording formation

• A clan or ward constituting the fundamental unit of Aztec society

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

What is Quechua?

• A volcanic glass similar in composition to granite

• A family of languages spoken by peoples of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina

• A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

What is tribute?

• A raised road or path across low or wet ground

• A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect

• A structure designed to bring fresh water into a city or town

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

What is a causeway?

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

• A clan or ward constituting the fundamental unit of Aztec society

• A raised road or path across low or wet ground

• A volcanic glass similar in composition to granite

What is Mesoamerica?

• A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect

• A volcanic glass similar in composition to granite

• A region that includes the southern part of Mexico and much of Central America

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

What is cacao?

• A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect

• A structure designed to bring fresh water into a city or town

• A family of languages spoken by peoples of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

What is an aqueduct?

• A volcanic glass similar in composition to granite

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds

• A clan or ward constituting the fundamental unit of Aztec society

• A structure designed to bring fresh water into a city or town

What is a mother culture?

• A payment made by one country to another as a sign of respect

• A volcanic glass similar in composition to granite

• A term for an earlier or ancient people's culture that has great and widespread influence on some later cultures and people

• A small tropical American evergreen tree cultivated for its seeds