Unit 9 Exam: Ancient Americas

What was the primary trade good of Teotihuacan?

• Obsidian
• Chocolate
• Maize
• Blood

Believed that sacrificing the blood of their kings ensured the success of their crops.

• Inca
• Maya
• Aztec
• Toltec

What is the earliest known civilization in the Valley of Mexico?

• Inca
• Maya
• Aztecs
• Olmec

What were the Olmec most known for?

• Drinking the blood of their captives
• Carving giant stone heads
• Defeating the Aztecs
• Creating the story of Quetzacoatl

Which civilization was located in the Yucatan peninsula?

• Inca
• Maya
• Aztec
• Toltec
• All of the Above

Which civilization most closely resembled the city-states structure of Greece?

• Maya
• Aztecs
• Inca
• Olmec

What book tells the Mayan creation myth?

• The Bible
• The Popol Vuh
• The Torah
• The Leviathan

Which of the following civilizations recorded their histories in a series of Codex?

• Inca
• Maya
• Aztec
• Olmec

The Mayan civilization was mostly found on which geographic feature?

• The Yucatan Peninsula
• The Gulf of California
• The Grand Chaco
• The Pampas

Which of the following BEST describes how the Mayans organized themselves politically?

• They had a single ruler given total authority that was elected from the entire population
• "God-Kings" ruled the each Mayan city and the surrounding farmland
• The Mayan civilization was set up like a colony that took orders from an empire in South America
• The Mayans elected representatives from each city to make laws for the entire civilization.