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WorksheetsSouth American History Final
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The Aztec originated in which area?
Mexico
The Andes Mountains
The Yucatan Peninsula
Southwestern North America
The Aztec built Tenochtitlan in which lake?
Lake Texcoco
Lake Oaxcaca
Lake Alban
Lake Meridia
What did the Aztec call themselves?
Aztec
The First People
Mexica
Nahuatl
The Aztec language is called…
Aztec
The First Language
Mexica
Nahuatl
The oldest mummies in the world belong to which culture?
Egyptians
Aztecs
Greeks
Chinchorro
The peoples who first lived in the Andes primarily ate…
Beans
Fish
Lobster
Deer
A Geoglyph is….
A geode with a glyph on it
A form of writing
Massive carvings that depict images
Pictographs like Egyptian hieroglyphics
The two civilizations that created Geoglyphs were the…
Nazca & Paracas
Maya & Aztecs
Greeks & Romans
Inca & Chinchorro
This people buried their mummified ancestors with Clay Masks.
Nazca
Chinchorro
Paracas
Inca
The first emperor of the Inca people was…?
Montezuma
Pachacuti
Waxaklajuun ub aah k awiil
Montezuma II
The Inca originated in which Andean Valley?
Pachacuti
Anean
Cuzco
Waxaclatl
The Inca writing system was called…
Hieroglyphics
Numerals
Nomenclature
Quipu
They symbol the Aztec were looking for on their quest was...
On Ostrage with its head in the ground
A shooting star across the night sky
An eagle sitting on top of a cactus with a serpent in its talon
A hawk resting on top of a rock outcropping holding a weasel in its claw.
This city was rediscovered in 1911 and has examples of important Inca artifacts
Machu Picchu
Copan
Tenochtitlan
Uxmal
Sedentary Farming indigenous nations in South America primarily lived where?
In and along the Amazon Rainforest
In the Andes Mountains
In the highlands outside of the rainforest
In boats off the coast
Migratory Hunting indigenous nations in South America primarily lived where?
In and along the Amazon Rainforest
In the Andes Mountains
In the highlands outside of the rainforest
In boats off the coast
The Inca used this type of farm in order to get food in the mountains
Manmade islands to farm on
Long, open fields
Long thin strips of land along rivers
Terraced farms cut into the sides of mountains
The Aztec of Tenochtitlan used this type of farm in order to grow food
Manmade islands to farm on
Long, open fields
Long thin strips of land along rivers
Terraced farms cut into the sides of mountains
Nahuatl is the language of which indigenous nation?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Chinchorro
Quipu was the written language of which indigenous nation?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Chinchorro
Lake Texcoco was the location of this indigenous nation's capital
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Chinchorro
Montezuma was a great king of this indigenous kingdom.
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Chinchorro
Mexica is the indigenous name that these people call themselves originally.
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Chinchorro
This modern country is where the oldest mummies in the world have been found
Egypt
France
Peru
Argentina
This mountain range is on the western coast along most of South America
Himalaya Mountains
Alps Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Andes Mountains
