Civilizations of Americas

Civilizations of Americas

6th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Why did farmers in Mesoamerica move their farms from time to time?

As their families grew larger, farmers needed larger farms.

Conquering armies confiscated their land and forced them to leave.

Heavy rains flooded their fields, forcing them to find new land.

The soil would wear out and could no longer support farming.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

What was one factor that may have caused Mayan cities to fall into ruin between 800 and 1000 BCE?

The Olmec invaded Mayan cities.

The Spanish conquered the Maya.

Mayan buildings were poorly constructed.

Food shortages occurred due to drought.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Which concept did the Maya understand before Europeans did?

architecture

calendars

hieroglyphics

the number zero

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

How have modern scholars learned much of their information about the Maya?

from printed books

from oral history

from glyphs carved in stone

from Spanish records

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Why did Mayan commoners seek to please priests and nobles?

They were afraid of being sacrificed to the gods.

They believed priests and nobles could communicate with the gods.

They believed priests and nobles were gods in human form.

They depended on priests and nobles to supply them with food.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Why did the Incas build terraces?

to improve travel and communication through the empire

to allow them to build homes on the sides of mountains

to make it easier to climb high mountains

to increase the amount of fertile farmland

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

The Incas used quipus to

preserve their history.

keep records of people and goods.

decide when to plant crops.

divide work among peasant families.

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