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Studies Weekly Week 24: Maya, Aztec, and Inca

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of physical geographic region was the Mayan Empire

a)

Jungle

b)

Desert

c)

Moutnainous

d)

None of these

2.

Where were the Aztec located?

a)

Modern day Mexico

b)

Modern day Brazil

c)

Modern day Peru

d)

Modern day Honduras

3.

The Mayan lived on a land feature surrounded on three sides by water called the _________________

a)

Honduras Peninsula

b)

isthmus of Central America

c)

Yucatan Peninsula

d)

Baja of California

4.

What type of physical geographic region did the Aztec live?

a)

Frozen Arctic Tundra

b)

High Desert Valley in the Mountains

c)

Low coastal plains in a Jungle

d)

Highly tropical Mountainous Jungle

5.

Which major early Native American Civilization was found in South America?

a)

Olmec

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

d)

Inca

6.

The Native American group indigenous to the country of modern day Peru were the

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Olmec

d)

Aztec

7.

The Aztecs had the largest population of all the Ancient Native Americans, but whose Empire held the most land?

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Inca

d)

Maya

8.

The oldest and least known about civilization of Native Americans found on the Yucatan Peninsula were the ________.

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Maya

d)

Inca

9.

The Aztec calendar was based on

a)

10-day weeks

b)

phases of the moon

c)

365 days

d)

the planting and harvesting seasons

10.

When the Incan leader Pachacuti took power from his father, he declared himself

a)

king

b)

emperor

c)

president

d)

imperial ruler

11.

all of the countries below are part of Mesoamerica except

a)

Guatemala

b)

Peru

c)

Honduras

d)

El Salvador

12.

The smallest country in Mesoamerica is

a)

Guatemala

b)

Mexico

c)

Honduras

d)

El Salvador

13.

People have learned much valuable information about eh Inca civilization from mummies that were discovered by

a)

archaeologists

b)

anthropologists

c)

geologists

d)

historians

14.

Which ancient civilization used popcorn to decorate their headdresses and in their jewelry

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Toltec

d)

Inca

15.

Which of the following products did the Aztec civilization need to trade for because they were unable to grow it?

a)

fruit

b)

maize

c)

popcorn

d)

cocoa beans

16.

What was the name of the capital city of the Inca?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Cuzco

d)

Tikal

17.

Who was the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish soldiers invaded their land?

a)

Huitzilopochtil

b)

Texcoco

c)

Montezuma II

d)

Pachacuti

18.

Who first brought cocoa beans to Europe?

a)

a French King

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

a Panish rincess

d)

Christopher Columbus