Mesoamerica Vocabulary Friday

Who was Moctezuma?

• An Aztec emperor who increased the power of the government and ruled over much of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival

• A Spanish explorer

• A Mayan priest

• An Incan king

Moctezuma was eventually imprisoned and killed by the (a)   .

The Chavín was a civilization located in modern-day ____ that built the famed religious pilgrimage site known as Chavín de Huantar.

• Peru

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Chile

What is a Quipu?

• A type of food

• A record-keeping tool made of string that was knotted in different ways

• A musical instrument

• A type of clothing

Tenochtitlan was the ________ city and religious headquarters of the Aztec civilization.

• capital

• oldest

• smallest

• northernmost

__________ is a farming technique in which plants in a given area are cut down and burned to fertilize the soil for future use.

• Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

• Hydroponics

• Terrace Farming

• Crop Rotation

What is the term for a building designed to study the sky and outer space?

• Observatory

• Library

• Museum

• Laboratory

What are terraces? Terraces are flattened sections of land along mountain slopes that are used to _______ in uneven areas.

• grow crops

• build houses

• store water

• raise animals

The Zapotec civilization may have developed the first ______ system in the Americas.

• writing

• farming

• calendar

• trade

Maize is ______ that was originally grown in Mesoamerica.

• corn

• wheat

• rice

• barley