Indigenous Civilizations

Who lived in the Andes Mountains?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayans

• Tu

Where did the Aztecs live?

• Chichen Itza

• Manchu Picchu

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Valley of Mexico

Who worshiped the sun god?

• Only the Mayans

• Only the Incas

• Only the Aztecs

• Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs

A method of growing crops on the sides of mountains.

• ziggurat

• terrace farming

• codex

• conquistador

The Inca were located at what letter on the map?
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• A

• B

• C

Which two were the reasons the Aztec Civilization ended?

• smallpox disease; Inca conquered Aztecs in 1521

• smallpox disease; Spanish conquered in 1521

• lack of resources; no roadways to leave

• men not able to fight

Which answer could describe the culture of all indigenous American civilizations.

• They were stationary, often building huge cities.

• They used complex machines to build roads and bridges.

• They all built huge temples to the gods.

• They had a complex systems of gods that related to nature.

How did the Aztec civilization modify the land to suit their needs?

• They built large irrigation systems to collect rare desert rainfalls.

• They built terraces to create more farmland in the rocky Andes Mountains.

• They built floating gardens in local swamps to provide more farmland.

• They built an extensive system of roads to navigate the Andes Mountains.

Although all Native American tribes hunted, what animal was only hunted by tribes on the Great Plains?

• buffalo

• deer

• rabbit

• turkey

Which two Native American civilizations are known as the "Mound Builders"?

• the Oneida and the Seminole

• the Hopi and the Adena

• the Anasazi and Aztec

• the Adena and Hopewell