Mesoamerica Quiz

Many historians believe that people first came to the Americas by crossing the ________.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Bering Strait

• Rocky Mountains

Tenochtitlan was ________.

• a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City

• an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain

• the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered

• a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures

Type of corn that was used by Native Americans throughout Mesoamerica and the Americas?

• corn

• potatoes

• maize

• turnips

Aztecs used _________ to get fresh drink water into Tenochtitlan.

• aqueducts

• chasqui

• causeways

• codex

________ beans were used as money. This is now what we make chocolate out of.

• Coco

• Cacao

• Maize

• Calpulli

This popular sport was played throughout Mesoamerica, believed to be invented by the Olmec. This game had religious importance and the losing team was sacrificed to the gods.

• Basketball

• Baseball

• Soccer

• Ball Game

The _______were located in South America within the Andes Mountains. They created terrace farming and used canals. This civilization did not use human sacrifices in their religious beliefs, however they sacrificed llamas.

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

• Olmec

Many Native Americans made their weapons out of volcanic glass known as _________.

• obsidian

• basalt

• rock

• jade

Aztecs used floating gardens in the city of Tenochtitlan, these were called _________.

• calpulli

• chinampas

• quipu

• chasqui

The process of cutting down trees, setting fire to remaining foliage, and using ashes to provide nutrients to the soil for use of planting food crops.

• burn and turn agrigulture

• slash and burn agriculture

• burn it down agriculture

• burn and slash agriculture