End-of-Unit Content Assessment Practice

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 before South America’s Republic of Colombia in 1885.

• They developed before Central Los Angeles in 2025.

• They liked to eat Takis.

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:

• an eagle sitting on a cactus, holding a snake

• a large lake with several small islands

• a crow sitting on a rose, holding a belt

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

• swamplands and underwater wells

• multiple gods and religious ceremonies

• multiple dogs and candy ceremonies

Mesoamerica was home to:

• the Inca and the Aztec

• the Inca and the Maya

• the Maya and the Aztec

South America was home to:

• the Inca and the Aztec

• the Inca and the Maya

• the Inca

A sudden, widespread illness is called a(n):

• epidemic

• isthmus

• tomato pasta

• frosted flakes

Glyphs and codices are proof that the Maya had:

• a writing system

• sacred temples

• sacred shoes

• a lunch system

Something that is holy or deserving respect is:

• sacred

• vast

• Venom

• sacrificed

The end of early Maya civilization was caused by:

• no one knows for sure but it was probably a combination of factors

• a lack of rainfall, leading to serious drought

• a lack of beaches

• serious boredom

Both Aztec and Inca civilizations used tribute systems in which their citizens were

forced to:

• pay a goods tax

• become warriors

• become soccer players

• pay a party tax