WorksheetsAncient Civilizations - MacMillian/McGraw Grade 5 Chapter 1
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
Q1:Much of the earth's water was frozen during the
Aztec
Ice Age
Civilization
Cube Age
Q2:Which of these is NOT considered necessary to be a civilization?
religion
cuisine
government
education
Q3:What is a glacier?
Newest ice cream place
greeting
huge, frozen sheet of ice
Mayan's home
Q4:How did the early American settlers survive?
by hunting and gathering
farming
trading
raising livestock
Q5:True or False: Both the Maya and the Olmecs built pyramids.
True
False
Q6:Where did the Maya settle?
Macomb
Mexico/Guatemala
Chile
Asia
Q7:Where did the Anasazi settle?
Guatemala
Chile
Four Corners
Macomb
Q8:What did the Anasazi do to water crops in the desert?
used irrigation to water them
traded water for food
built homes by the lake
gave up on farming
Q9:What's the purpose of a terrace in the Inca Empire
to get good views
to grow crops on steep hillsides
for decoration
so they could have water
Q10:How did Aztecs and Incas gain power?
buying land around them
throwing away land
offering religious freedom
conquering neighboring people
Q11:What was the first purpose for the Mounds that the mound builders built?
decoration
getting a better view
burying the dead
farming
Q12:What word describes a large area of different groups of people controlled by one ruler?
monarch
empire
civilization
slavery
Q13:What is the word for a method of bringing water to a place?
trade
irrigation
empire
glacier
Q14:What does it mean to do one type of job really well?
specialize
master
differentiate
train
Q15:What word refers to the practice of making people work without pay or freedom?
parenting
slavery
specializing
surviving
Q16 What are the Mayan known for?
inventing the idea of zero
creating maps
creating a calendar
Which civilization introduced the concept of zero?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Anasazi
