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WorksheetsEarly Mesoamerican Cultures Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
This group's capital city was Tenochtitlan:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
This group's location is the rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
This group lives in the Andes Mountains of South America in modern day Peru:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
Mayan priests used these for ceremonies:
pyramids
chinampas
Quipus
disco balls
The emperor owned all property in this group:
Olmec
Maya
Inca
Which group, who grew crops in the warm sun, were able to trade with others because they grew a large surplus of corn?
Maya
Inca
Aztec
All children were required to go to school in this group:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
These people farmed using terraces:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
These people were excellent farmers who used chinanpas for farming and traded their crops at large marketplaces:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
These people used the slash and burn technique for farming:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
These people used suspension bridges and miles of paved roads to communicate with one another.
Maya
Inca
Aztec
This group was a strong and powerful empire with fierce warriors.
Maya
Inca
Aztec
These people developed the mathematical concept of zero.
Maya
Inca
Aztec
The Incan people's sacred animal was the:
alpaca
llama
ostrich
jaguar
The ________________ people lived in what is now Guatemala.
Mayan
Incan
Aztec
This group was called the "Mother Culture".
Maya
Inca
Aztec
other
The Inca had a record-keeping system called:
hieroglyphics
a written language
a quipu
all of the above
The Aztecs built a way to get from their island to the mainland. It was called a/an:
causeway
suspension bridge
road
sidewalk
Choose all of the answers that are true about the Maya, Inca, AND Aztec people.
They were all farmers.
They all participated in human sacrifices daily.
They worshipped many different gods.
Lived in the Western Hemisphere
Adapted to their environment in creative ways.
Which present day city is located on top of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan?
Cuzco
Tikal
Mexico City
Peru
Montezuma was the last leader for what group of people?
Maya
Inca
Aztec
Olmec
Atahualpa was the last leader of which group of people?
Maya
Inca
Aztec
Olmec
To be polytheistic means to believe in:
one god
more than one god
no god
The Maya had the largest population of the three groups studied.
True
False
The group that carved giant stone heads that they worshipped were the:
Maya
Inca
Aztec
Olmec
The Maya had a system of writing called:
Quipu
hieroglyphs (picture writing)
chinampas
trepanning
