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Early Mesoamerican Cultures Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This group's capital city was Tenochtitlan:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

2.

This group's location is the rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

3.

This group lives in the Andes Mountains of South America in modern day Peru:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

4.

Mayan priests used these for ceremonies:

a)

pyramids

b)

chinampas

c)

Quipus

d)

disco balls

5.

The emperor owned all property in this group:

a)

Olmec

b)

Maya

c)

Inca

6.

Which group, who grew crops in the warm sun, were able to trade with others because they grew a large surplus of corn?

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

7.

All children were required to go to school in this group:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

8.

These people farmed using terraces:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

9.

These people were excellent farmers who used chinanpas for farming and traded their crops at large marketplaces:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

10.

These people used the slash and burn technique for farming:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

11.

These people used suspension bridges and miles of paved roads to communicate with one another.

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

12.

This group was a strong and powerful empire with fierce warriors.

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

13.

These people developed the mathematical concept of zero.

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

14.

The Incan people's sacred animal was the:

a)

alpaca

b)

llama

c)

ostrich

d)

jaguar

15.

The ________________ people lived in what is now Guatemala.

a)

Mayan

b)

Incan

c)

Aztec

16.

This group was called the "Mother Culture".

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

other

17.

The Inca had a record-keeping system called:

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

a written language

c)

a quipu

d)

all of the above

18.

The Aztecs built a way to get from their island to the mainland. It was called a/an:

a)

causeway

b)

suspension bridge

c)

road

d)

sidewalk

19.

Choose all of the answers that are true about the Maya, Inca, AND Aztec people.

a)

They were all farmers.

b)

They all participated in human sacrifices daily.

c)

They worshipped many different gods.

d)

Lived in the Western Hemisphere

e)

Adapted to their environment in creative ways.

20.

Which present day city is located on top of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan?

a)

Cuzco

b)

Tikal

c)

Mexico City

d)

Peru

21.

Montezuma was the last leader for what group of people?

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

22.

Atahualpa was the last leader of which group of people?

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

23.

To be polytheistic means to believe in:

a)

one god

b)

more than one god

c)

no god

24.

The Maya had the largest population of the three groups studied.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The group that carved giant stone heads that they worshipped were the:

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

26.

The Maya had a system of writing called:

a)

Quipu

b)

hieroglyphs (picture writing)

c)

chinampas

d)

trepanning