Central and South American Civilizations

The Aztecs found a swampy ______________ in the Middle of Lake ________________.

• Ocean, Michigan

• Island, Texcoco

• Peninsula, Tenochitlan

• River, Yucatan

What Country was most of the Aztec Empire in?

• Panama

• Honduras

• Mexico

• Central America

The conquered city of Tenochtitlan is now the modern day city of:

• Valdez
• Cortez City
• Mexico City
• San Jose

What was the name of the Aztec capital city?

• Tenochtitlan

• Mesoamerica

• Mexico

Which Mesoamerican society lived on the Yucatan Peninsula?

• Aztec

• Incas

• Mayans

• Spanish

Chinampas...

• provided Mayan kings a place to go in times of trouble

• were an innovative agricultural technique used by the Aztecs

• failed as a Mayan method of fighting off outside invaders.

• served as an Incan method of keeping unwritten records

Which of these is not a Mesoamerican/Andean culture?

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• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Navajo

• Incas

________ used floating gardens to increase their food production.

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Spanish

• Incas

Developed a sacred calendar as well as an agricultural calendar.

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayans

• Spanish

The _______ developed a base-20 number system

• Mayans

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Spanish