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Complex Society

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Mayan game of pok-ta-tok is most like what modern day sport?

a)

soccer

b)

basketball

c)

baseball

d)

football

2.

The mayan invention of __________ is one of the greatest inventions in mathematics.

a)

multiplication

b)

the calendar

c)

zero

d)

the abacus

3.

Most people in the Aztec empire were _____________?

a)

farmers

b)

nobles

c)

priests

d)

slaves

4.

name the land bridge that the earliest humans used to reach America?

a)

Quipas

b)

Chinampas

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Beringia

5.

What is Mesoamerica?

a)

The name of the first Olmec Settlement

b)

The area that includes both North and South America

c)

The area that includes both Mexico and Central America

d)

The language that the Olmec spoke

6.

What ancient civilization was nick named "Mother Culture"?

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Mayan

d)

Inca

7.

What ancient civilization worshipped nature gods like the Jaguar Spirit?

a)

Aztec

b)

Mayan

c)

Olmec

d)

Inca

8.

What ancient civilization adapted to their environment by building rafts covered with earth to grow food?

a)

Inca

b)

Mayan

c)

Olmec

d)

Aztec

9.

What was the greatest factor that led to permanent settlements in the Americas?

a)

Development of written language

b)

Use of agriculture to grow crops

c)

Development of a government system

d)

Ability to determine the seasons with a calendar

10.

How did the first Americans get their food before 7000 BC?

a)

Hunted and gathered

b)

Traded with other native americans

c)

Planted crops like maize

d)

Used the barter system

11.

What evidence suggested that humans came to the Americas over 10,000 year ago B.C?

a)

Ancient Ruins were found

b)

Spearheads were discovered in Mexico

c)

Mummified bodies were unearthed near Bolivia

d)

Discovery of Mayan books or Codex

12.

Which civilization had no written language, but used a quipus (knotted string) to record information.

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

13.

Which early civilization built 14,000 miles of roads, bridges, canals and aqueducts to carry water and irrigate crops

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Olmec

d)

Inca

14.

Which early civilization spread through southern Mexico and Central America. It included the Yucatan Peninsula, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador and Guatemala?

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

15.

What early civilization used "slash and burn" method of agriculture?

a)

Inca

b)

Olmec

c)

Maya

d)

Aztec