Mesoamerican Empires

Mesoamerican Empires

10th Grade

10 Qs

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Mesoamerican Empires

Mesoamerican Empires

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Social Studies

10th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the Mesoamerican Empires is the oldest

Inca

Aztec

Mayan

Olmec

Answer explanation

The Olmecs came before even the Mayans who are the second oldest empire. Their culture influenced the growth of Mayan society.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The capital of the Aztec empire is?

Tenochtitlan

Texcoco

Tlacopan

Cortez

Answer explanation

Tenochtitlan was the center of the Aztec world. Modern day Mexico City is built where it once stood.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Inca system of mandated state servitude each year was called?

Quipas

Mit'a

Inti

Cuzco

Answer explanation

The Mit'a was a mandated state service that enabled the Inca to create many of the great structures of the Andes that we see today as ruins. Don't be fooled though this massive network of cities and roads could not have been created without this conscripted labor.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What year did the Spanish arrive at the Incan Empire in Peru?

1519

1492

1532

1602

Answer explanation

The Spanish arrived in Mexico in the year 1519 a mere 27 years after Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492. They did not reach the Incas in Peru however, until the year 1532.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The major resource contribution the Spanish obtained from the Inca Empire Was?

Gold

Crops

Silver

Tobacco

Answer explanation

The Spanish actually found so much silver that they reinstituted the Mit'a to have the necessary labor to mine it all.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Maya utilized what types of farming to survive on the Yucatan?

Terrace Farming

Row cropping

Slash and Burn Farming

Hydroponics

Answer explanation

Slash and burn farming had to be utilized to create the necessary soil nutrients to survive in the Yucatan due to it being on an ancient coral reef.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Maya's main sources of water for life and agriculture came from?

Rivers

Aqueducts

Lakes

Cenotes

Answer explanation

Cenotes are large sink holes that actually acted as cisterns for the Maya. They stored vast amounts of water but as the population grew this became difficult to manage.

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