CKLA Unit 2 End of Unit Content Test

The Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations are called pre-Columbian civilizations because:

• They developed before Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas in 1492.

• They developed after Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas in 1492.

• They developed before South America’s Republic of Colombia in 1885.

• They developed after South America’s Republic of Colombia in 1885.

Label the map to show where the three early American civilizations existed.

a

b

c

Aztec

Inca

Maya

According to a myth passed down among the Aztec, one of their gods told them that they would know that they had found the perfect place to settle when they saw:

• a large lake with several small islands

• a hawk circling over a lake

• aqueducts and causeways

• an eagle sitting on a cactus, holding a snake

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CCSS.RL.5.1

The Maya, Aztec, and Inca had the following things in common:

• swamplands and underwater wells

• multiple gods and religious ceremonies

• llamas and toucans

• metal tools and pulleys

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

Mesoamerica was home to:

• the Inca and the Aztec

• the Inca and the Maya

• the Maya and the Aztec

A sudden, widespread illness is called a(n)

(a)   .

• isthmus

• epidemic
• marsh

• quinoa

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

Glyphs and codices are proof that the Maya had

(a)   .

• sacred temples

• a number system

• precious gemstones

• a writing system

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

​ ​ (a)   , the capital and center of the Aztec civilization, was located in present day Mexico City.

• Tenochtitlán
• Cuzco

​ (a)   was the Inca capital.​

• Tenochtitlán
• Cuzco

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

Something that is holy or deserving respect is __________________.

(a)  

• sacred
• vast
• primitive
• orderly

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4