5th Grade Indigenous Civilizations 3

Which mountain range was home to the Inca civilization?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Himalayan Mountains

Which major river flows through South America and was important to Indigenous civilizations?

• Mississippi River

• Amazon River

• Nile River

• Colorado River

What type of housing was commonly used by the Plains Indigenous peoples?

• Longhouses

• Pueblos

• Tepees

• Wigwams

Which of the following was a key feature of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital?

• Stone pyramids and aqueducts

• Underground tunnels

• Wooden houses on stilts

• A large desert surrounding the city

How did the Inca communicate across their vast empire without a written language?

• They used a system of knots called quipus

• They wrote messages on stone tablets

• They sent messengers with scrolls

• They used pictographs painted on walls

What was an important part of Aztec religion?

• Sun worship and human sacrifice

• Worshiping a single god

• Writing sacred texts in stone

• Meditation and fasting

Which Indigenous civilization built thousands of miles of roads to connect their empire?

• Mayan

• Iroquois

• Aztec

• Inca

What was the main reason the Aztecs practiced human sacrifice?

• To celebrate military victories

• To keep the gods happy and the sun moving

• To punish criminals

• To test the bravery of their warriors

How did the geographic location of the Great Plains affect Indigenous cultures?

• They relied on fishing as their main food source

• They built houses out of stone and clay

• They used buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter

• They developed an advanced writing system

Which Indigenous civilization built homes out of adobe and stone in the Southwest region of North America?

• Iroquois

• Hopi

• Mississippian

• Sioux