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WorksheetsChapter 6 AMSCO Key Term Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
The Moche civilization developed around 200 BCE, but they expanded through... (Choose 2)
migration efforts
population increase
conquest
expanding their trade network
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.
churches
temples
castles
marketplaces
The Moche were well-known artisans creating pottery and jewelry featuring key figures form their civilization. They would then benefit from them by...
trading long-distance using advanced technology
trading with local areas given their lack of technology
having frequent merchant travelers come to their massive city-center
using them for their religious ceremonies
Like the Mesopotamians, the Moche conducted _________, and like the Greeks, the Moche believed in_____________.
human sacrifices; one god
human sacrifices; many gods
strict legislative-politics; one god
strict legislative-politics; many gods
Teotihuacan was a unique city to Mesoamerica given its grid-like city layout, which suggests that they (choose 2)...
borrowed ideas from the other early civilizations such as Egypt
had no contact with other Mesoamerican civilizations
worked with planners to develop their city
had a structured, organized government
Many of the people living in Teotihuacan were...
farmers
nobles
merchants
slaves
After Moche, the Mayans also practiced agriculture but used a specific technique to fertilize their soil, which was known as...
terriculture
hortioculture
slash-and-burn
wash-and-dry
Which of the following were the top 3 crops of the Mayans, later to be called The Three Sisters by historians.
corn
potatoes
beans
squash
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.
empire
republic
city-state
democracy
Mayan's religion would suggest that its society was...
highly patriarchal since only men could be religious leaders
mostly patriarchal, with the exception of women being priestesses and there being a goddess
somewhat patriarchal, although there were more goddesses than there were gods
egalitarian, given that each man and woman in the society had equal responsibility as a religious leader
All of the following resulted in the decline of Mayan civilizations, EXCEPT...
population growth causes overcrowding in the cities
the destruction of forests for agriculture caused severe environmental damage
a massive change in climate which caused many years of drought
invasions from neighboring civilizations that overthrew the Mayan government
Mayans are well-known astronomers and mathematicians which are recognized for...(choose 2)
the concept of polynomials
a development of a calendar based on observations of Venus
the concept of zero and calculations of hundreds of millions
a development of a calendar by studying the movement of the stars
