Unit 9: Mesoamerican & African Civilizations

Which letter on the map below marks the location of the Incan Empire?

• A
• B
• C
• none of them do

The Mayan civilization was located in which region?

• South American mountains
• Central American rainforest
• Amazon rainforest
• North African desert

Which of the following describes Mayan religion?

• Monotheistic
• atheist
• polytheistic
• They didn't have a religion

Tenochtitlan was the major city of the -

• Mayans
• Navajos
• Inca
• Aztecs

The image below depicts…?

• Aztec Hieroglyphics
• A bronze art of Egypt
• The Mayan calendar
• Roman armor

The term “Pok-a-Tok” refers to a -

• ball game played by the Mayans and others
• traditional Aztec mud house
• Mayan tool used for farming
• Mayan school

The Aztecs unified neighboring ________________ into an empire.

• Colonies
• Chinampas
• City-states
• Islands

What best explains the demise of the Aztecs?

• The Spanish Moors conquered them
• Hernan Cortes took Montezuma II hostage and attacked the city
• A plague caused famine and drought
• The Inca conquered the land and persecuted the Aztecs

Most notable about the Incan city of Machu Picchu is that it was -

• still in use in the 1900's
• about the size of modern-day New York City
• built high up in the mountains
• the site of the Incan Olympics

Of these, which was the oldest established culture in present-day Mexico?

• The Maya
• The Inca
• The Aztecs
• The Olmecs