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Chapter 6 AMSCO Key Term Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Moche civilization developed around 200 BCE, but they expanded through... (Choose 2)

a)

migration efforts

b)

population increase

c)

conquest

d)

expanding their trade network

2.

The Huaca del Sol and the Huaca de la Luna were ___________ used for religious and ceremonial services in Moche. The rest of the city was centered around them.

a)

churches

b)

temples

c)

castles

d)

marketplaces

3.

The Moche were well-known artisans creating pottery and jewelry featuring key figures form their civilization. They would then benefit from them by...

a)

trading long-distance using advanced technology

b)

trading with local areas given their lack of technology

c)

having frequent merchant travelers come to their massive city-center

d)

using them for their religious ceremonies

4.

Like the Mesopotamians, the Moche conducted _________, and like the Greeks, the Moche believed in_____________.

a)

human sacrifices; one god

b)

human sacrifices; many gods

c)

strict legislative-politics; one god

d)

strict legislative-politics; many gods

5.

Teotihuacan was a unique city to Mesoamerica given its grid-like city layout, which suggests that they (choose 2)...

a)

borrowed ideas from the other early civilizations such as Egypt

b)

had no contact with other Mesoamerican civilizations

c)

worked with planners to develop their city

d)

had a structured, organized government

6.

Many of the people living in Teotihuacan were...

a)

farmers

b)

nobles

c)

merchants

d)

slaves

7.

After Moche, the Mayans also practiced agriculture but used a specific technique to fertilize their soil, which was known as...

a)

terriculture

b)

hortioculture

c)

slash-and-burn

d)

wash-and-dry

8.

Which of the following were the top 3 crops of the Mayans, later to be called The Three Sisters by historians.

a)

corn

b)

potatoes

c)

beans

d)

squash

9.

Similar to the early Rome and Greece, the Mayans developed a political structure called a __________________, each ruled by a king and consisting of the city and surrounding territory.

a)

empire

b)

republic

c)

city-state

d)

democracy

10.

Mayan's religion would suggest that its society was...

a)

highly patriarchal since only men could be religious leaders

b)

mostly patriarchal, with the exception of women being priestesses and there being a goddess

c)

somewhat patriarchal, although there were more goddesses than there were gods

d)

egalitarian, given that each man and woman in the society had equal responsibility as a religious leader

11.

All of the following resulted in the decline of Mayan civilizations, EXCEPT...

a)

population growth causes overcrowding in the cities

b)

the destruction of forests for agriculture caused severe environmental damage

c)

a massive change in climate which caused many years of drought

d)

invasions from neighboring civilizations that overthrew the Mayan government

12.

Mayans are well-known astronomers and mathematicians which are recognized for...(choose 2)

a)

the concept of polynomials

b)

a development of a calendar based on observations of Venus

c)

the concept of zero and calculations of hundreds of millions

d)

a development of a calendar by studying the movement of the stars