Mesoamerica (2025)

1) All Mesoamerican civilizations believed in many gods.  What is this called?

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

2) What civilization made giant heads that represented their rulers?

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

3) What crop was sacred to the Mayans? They even had a god for this crop!

• Sweet Potatoes

• Soybeans

• Maize / Corn

4) What happened to the losers of the popular hoop and ball game called Pok-ta-Pok?

• They had to move out of the civilization

• They became a human sacrifice to the gods

• Nothing happened to them.

5) The Mayans grew something called a cacao bean.  What could that be made into?

• chocolate

• bread

• tea

6) In the Aztec origin story, they were told to settle in the place where they saw what?

• A duck standing on one leg on a rock

• A pelican on one foot with a fish in its mouth

• An eagle on a cactus holding a live snake in its mouth

7) What was unique about where the Aztecs built their capital city?

• it was on a lake

• it was in a valley

• it was in a desert

8) Which civilization is considered to be the first in the Americas?

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

9) What is terrace farming?

• cutting down crops and burning them

• building level steps into the sides of mountains

• building canals and dams

10) Why did all the Mesoamerican civilizations do human sacrifices?

• because they needed to feed the jaguar

• because they were interested in how the body works

• because they believed it's what the gods wanted