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Native Americans of Central America

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Aztec capital city was built in the middle of Lake __________.
a)
Michigan
b)
Tenochtitlan
c)
Texcoco
d)
Mexico
2.
Tenochtitlans location protected it from enemy _______.
a)
attacks
b)
friends
c)
roads
d)
tribes
3.
The Aztec Empire lived in central ___________.
a)
America
b)
Mexico
c)
Panama
d)
Cuba
4.
Chinampas are...
a)
Artificial Islands
b)
Natural Islands
c)
Crops
d)
Artificial Waterways
5.
What civilization contributed to the Mayans success?
a)
The Aztecs
b)
The Olmecs
c)
The French
d)
The Incans
6.
The Ruler of the Mayans was seen as a...
a)
War-Leader
b)
God-King
c)
Weak-Man
d)
Priest
7.
The discovery of ___________ led to the growth of Mayan City-States
a)
electricity
b)
Steel
c)
Slash and Burn farming
8.
One of the Mayans' many creations that we use today is
a)
365 day calendar
b)
Human Sacrifice
c)
The Wheel
9.
The Mayans were able to construct entire city-states without what modern invention?
a)
The Shovel
b)
The Wrench
c)
The wheel
10.

What was the capitol of the Aztec empire?

a)

Tenochan

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Miamoi

d)

Mexico city

11.

Who is Hernan Cortez?

a)

A Spanish Conquistador

b)

The Aztec thought he was a God

c)

He conquered the Aztecs

d)

All of the above/answers

12.

What are the symbols of the Mexican Flag?

a)

A maple leaf

b)

An Eagle

c)

A cactus

d)

And Eagle, Cactus and a Snake

13.

Peninsulares are....

a)

Spanish born in Spain

b)

person of Spanish ancestory

c)

person mixed of native and European

d)

native america

14.

Mestizos are all the following except....

a)

rich

b)

Enslaved

c)

mixed of Native and European

d)

uneducated

15.

What was the fall of the Aztecs

a)

Smallpox

b)

Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztecs

c)

The Spanish had many weapons that the Natives did not have

d)

All of the above

16.
What did the Aztec religion demand that they do to honor gods and keep away the evil?
a)
pray
b)
attend ceremonies
c)
human sacrifices
d)
give the emperor food
17.
What was and is the original language of the Aztec still spoken in some places?
a)
Nahuatl
b)
Spanish
c)
Germanic
d)
Quechua
18.
Who was the last leader of the Aztecs?
a)
Atahualpa
b)
Cortes
c)
Pizarro
d)
Montezuma II
19.
The Aztecs sacrificed people every year.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
When the conquistadors arrived, the Aztecs immediately attacked them.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need the technologies listed below?
• aqueduct
• dike
• causeways
• canals
a)
because they lived on islands 
b)
because they traveled frequently 
c)
because they ruled a large empire 
d)
because they followed the seasons
22.
The Aztecs built their capital city on a(n) ____________________ in central Mexico.
a)
mountain
b)
island
c)
peninsula
d)
chinampa
23.

The Maya had a class system that divided people into different levels of society

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Where did the Maya live?

a)

Central Mexico

b)

Yucatan Peninsula

c)

South America mainly Peru

25.

The Maya civilization was a group of connected city-states.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Why would the Maya make sacrifices to their gods?

a)

to please the gods and get a good harvest

b)

to use the temple

c)

to establish the power of their city-state

27.

What is a city-state?

a)

an artificial field of mud and vegetation used to produce crops

b)

the building where a bureaucrat works

c)

the great pyramid that stood at the center of the city

d)

a city with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state

28.

Who made up the majority of the population in the Maya society?

a)

Priests

b)

Warriors

c)

Craftsmen

d)

Farmers

29.

Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?

a)

They built a pyramid

b)

They played a complicated ball game

c)

They created a 365 day calendar

d)

all of the above