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WorksheetsComplex Society
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Mayan game of pok-ta-tok is most like what modern day sport?
soccer
basketball
baseball
football
The mayan invention of __________ is one of the greatest inventions in mathematics.
multiplication
the calendar
zero
the abacus
Most people in the Aztec empire were _____________?
farmers
nobles
priests
slaves
name the land bridge that the earliest humans used to reach America?
Quipas
Chinampas
Tenochtitlan
Beringia
What is Mesoamerica?
The name of the first Olmec Settlement
The area that includes both North and South America
The area that includes both Mexico and Central America
The language that the Olmec spoke
What ancient civilization was nick named "Mother Culture"?
Aztec
Olmec
Mayan
Inca
What ancient civilization worshipped nature gods like the Jaguar Spirit?
Aztec
Mayan
Olmec
Inca
What ancient civilization adapted to their environment by building rafts covered with earth to grow food?
Inca
Mayan
Olmec
Aztec
What was the greatest factor that led to permanent settlements in the Americas?
Development of written language
Use of agriculture to grow crops
Development of a government system
Ability to determine the seasons with a calendar
How did the first Americans get their food before 7000 BC?
Hunted and gathered
Traded with other native americans
Planted crops like maize
Used the barter system
What evidence suggested that humans came to the Americas over 10,000 year ago B.C?
Ancient Ruins were found
Spearheads were discovered in Mexico
Mummified bodies were unearthed near Bolivia
Discovery of Mayan books or Codex
Which civilization had no written language, but used a quipus (knotted string) to record information.
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Olmec
Which early civilization built 14,000 miles of roads, bridges, canals and aqueducts to carry water and irrigate crops
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Inca
Which early civilization spread through southern Mexico and Central America. It included the Yucatan Peninsula, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador and Guatemala?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Olmec
What early civilization used "slash and burn" method of agriculture?
Inca
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
