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Aztec amd Inca Empires

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A major city of the Incas was

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Cuzco

c)

Tikal

d)

Copan

2.

An aqueduct is

a)

An ancient coin from the Inca people.

b)

Pipes or channels designed to carry water from a distant source.

c)

A plantation owned by Spaniards.

d)

A duck that likes to drink water.

3.

Hieroglyphics are

a)

A form of writing using pictures rather than letters.

b)

Pipes or channels designed to carry water from a distant source.

c)

Military officers who were very strict.

d)

How goods and services are produced.

4.

Where were the Incas located?

a)

Colombia

b)

Guyana

c)

Peru

d)

Paraguay

5.

A major city of the Aztecs is:

a)

Copan

b)

Tikal

c)

Cuzco

d)

Tenochtitlan

6.

What present day city is the site of the major city called Tenochtitlan?

a)

Dallas, TX

b)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

c)

Mexico City, Mexico

d)

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

7.

What Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Coronado

b)

De Soto

c)

Columbus

d)

Cortez

8.

What is NOT a reason why the Spanish conquistadors traveled to the new world?

a)

They wanted to kill Indians

b)

They wanted land

c)

They wanted riches

d)

They wanted gold

9.

Francisco Pizarro conquered which ancient civilization?

a)

Incan

b)

Mayan

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

10.

What were chinampas?

a)

the name for Aztec city-states

b)

people who lived in Tenochtitlan

c)

farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled

d)

walls of skulls at temples

11.

What is the name of the lake where the Aztec settled?

a)

Lake Texcoco

b)

Lake Tahoe

c)

Lake Templo

d)

Lake Cusco

12.

The Aztec

a)

Were skilled warriors

b)

Were skilled llama herders

c)

Were skilled swimmers

d)

All of the Above

13.

How many people lived in the Aztec empire at its height?

a)

6000

b)

6 million

c)

200,000

d)

2 million

14.

The Aztecs

a)

spoke Nahuatl

b)

spoke Spanish

c)

spoke English

d)

spoke Quechua

15.

We know the Aztec were ____ because they worshipped over 1,000 gods.

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

c)

Muslim

d)

Beliebers (fans of Justin Bieber)

16.

Who was Moctezuma II?

a)

Spanish conqueror who was greedy for gold and riches from Central and South America

b)

An important Aztec priest

c)

Aztec ruler who considered himself equal with the gods. The ruler when Hernan Cortes first arrived.

d)

Aztec leader who built Tenochititlan

17.

What food was the main staple of the Aztec diet?

a)

Fish

b)

Maize

c)

Insects

d)

Insects

e)

Chicken

18.

Which of the following was part of what Aztec boys learned in school?

a)

How to farm

b)

Religion

c)

How to fight as warriors

d)

Crafts such as pottery

e)

All of the above

19.

What modern-day city grew out of the early settlement established by Hernan Cortes?

a)

Guadalajara

b)

Monterrey

c)

Tijuana

d)

Cancun

e)

Veracruz

20.

Around how many men did Cortes arrive with?

a)

10

b)

95

c)

500

d)

2000

e)

1000

21.

What year did Cortes arrive?

a)

1492

b)

1519

c)

1601

d)

1645

e)

1722

22.

What eventually killed around 80 percent of the people living in the Valley of Mexico?

a)

Spanish colonists

b)

Cortes and his soldiers

c)

Diseases

d)

A flood caused by a massive hurricane Bears

e)

Polar bears

23.

The Inca leader was:

a)

Moctezuma

b)

Cuahtemoc

c)

Atahualpa

d)

Cortes

24.

The Inca empire suffered a Civil War before the Spanish arrivial.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

The Inca's defeated the Spanish because small pox did not harm their people.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE