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Mesoamerica

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Aztec made floating gardens called:

a)

chalupas

b)

chinampas

c)

Tenochtilan

d)

Yucatans

2.

What type of farming did the Mayans use?

a)

superlative plowing

b)

circular crop formations

c)

chinampas

d)

slash and burn

3.
  1. Where could you have found the Mayan Civilization?
a)

Yucatan Peninsula

b)

Great Plains

c)

Valley of Mexico

d)

Andes Mountains

4.

What civilization used terracing for farming?

a)

Hopewell

b)

Anasazi

c)

Pueblo

d)

Aztec

5.

Where would you have found the Inca Civilization?

a)

Great Lakes region

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Valley of Mexico

d)

Niagara Falls

6.

Where would you find the Aztec Civilization?

a)

Washington State

b)

Yucatan Peninsula

c)

Valley of Mexico

d)

Andes Mountains

7.

Which two leaders were involved in the decline of the Aztecs?

a)

Guevara and Torres

b)

Pizarro and Da Vinci

c)

Luther and Calvin

d)

Montezuma and Cortes

8.

Which two diseases killed millions of Aztec?

a)

Spanish flu and Ebola

b)

measles and smallpox

c)

strep throat and gingivitis

d)

chicken pox and whooping cough

9.

What was the name given to fierce Spanish warriors?

a)

conquistadors

b)

Crusaders

c)

Muslims

d)

chalupas

10.

What was similar between the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations?

a)

advanced and complex societies

b)

conquered by Italians

c)

did not believe in a strong central government

d)

All were located in Souht America.

11.

What characteristics did the civilizations of Mesoamerica have?

a)

human sacrifcie

b)

charity tax

c)

polytheistic

d)

sun worship

12.

Why does a culture develop a social hierarchy?

a)

order and organization

b)

the gods told them to

c)

to tell them which order to sacrifice humans

d)

they are forced to by spanish conquistadors