Test - Ancient Mesoamerican, Mexico and Deforestation

What is the climate like in Mexico's mountain valleys?

• a. mild
• b. hot
• c. cold
• d. humid

What is the most common cause of deforestation?

• A. Building cities
• B. Creating farmland
• C. Collecting firewood
• D. Palm oil production

Which sport is most popular in Mexico?

• A. Baseball
• B. Soccer
• C. Football
• D. Bullfighting

What contributed to the fall of both the Aztec and Inca Empires?

• A. Earthquakes
• B. Volcanic eruptions
• C. Disease (smallpox)
• D. Drought

To whom did the Spanish monarch grant haciendas?

• a. favored people of Spanish ancestry
• b. the Aztecs
• c. Indian peasants
• d. mestizos

What engineering achievement did the Inca create to connect their vast empire?

• A. Floating gardens
• B. Extensive road system and suspension bridges
• C. Pyramids
• D. Aqueducts

Which of the following was an achievement of the Maya?

• a. They studied the stars and developed a detailed calendar
• b. They built chinampas
• c. They conquered neighboring tribes and made them pay taxes
• d. They domesticated an early form of corn

What was the capital city of the Inca Empire

• A. Tenochtitlan
• B. Tikal
• C. Cuzco
• D. Machu Picchu

Priests taught Indians Spanish and Catholicism at church outposts known as -

• a. haciendas
• b. chinampas
• c. maquiladoras
• d. missions

Most Mexicans speak Spanish because -

• a. of Spanish influence in colonial times
• b. they used to live in Spain
• c. the english languages and Spanish are very similar
• d. about 90% of Mexican citizens were born in Spain