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Ancient Civilizations

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Inca's capital city?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Lake Texcoco

c)

Cuzco

d)

Chichen Itza

2.

Who is known for introducing the Europeans to chocolate?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

None of the above

3.

What was the name of the Incan city built high in the Andes Mountains?

a)

Machu Picchu

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Mexico City

d)

Tulum

4.

Who was known for sacrificing up to 80 people a day?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Iroquois

5.

What kind of farming did the Maya have?

a)

chinampas

b)

terrace farming

c)

slash and burn

d)

raised gardens

6.

How did the Mayan empire come to an end?

a)

They were conquered by Cortez and the Spanish army

b)

Pizarro tricked their emperor and stole their gold

c)

They abandoned their cities and disappeared

d)

They died from a mysterious disease

7.

Whose calendar ended in 2012?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Mississippians

8.

What crops did the Inca grow?

a)

beans and squash

b)

berries and nuts

c)

corn and tomatoes

d)

peanuts and quinoa

9.

Whose symbol is on the Mexican flag?

a)

Sioux

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

d)

Inca

10.

Which empire had several kings, one per city-state?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Apache

d)

Inca

11.

What kind of farming did the Aztecs have?

a)

terrace farming

b)

chinampas

c)

slash and burn

d)

raised gardens

12.

Who made quipus for counting?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

None of the above

13.

Who lived in Guatemala and Belize?

a)

Maya

b)

Tlingit

c)

Aztec

d)

Inca

14.

Who flattened the heads of their babies?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

None of the above

15.

How did the Inca empire come to an end?

a)

they abandoned their cities and disappeared

b)

Cortez and the Spanish army conquered them

c)

Pizarro tricked the emperor and stole their gold

d)

they died of a mysterious disease

16.

Where did the Inca live?

a)

a lake in Mexico

b)

jungles of Guatemala and Belize

c)

in a desert in Panama

d)

in the Andes Mountains of Peru

17.

Which empire was conquered by Cortez and the Spanish?

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

Seneca

18.

What was the capital city of the Aztecs?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Cuzco

c)

Lake Texcoco

d)

Chichen Itza