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WorksheetsTEAM TRIVIA!
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was the central food in the Mesoamerican diet?
Barley
Wheat
Corn
Rice
Check ALL of the Mesoamerican foods below
Maize
Avocados
Flour
Squash
Beans
What was corn used for?
Husks for clothing called olenavie
A porridge called atole or capia
A bread called glyphs or quinoa
A form of currency (money)
What food was most frequently eaten with meals?
beans and rice
avocado corn toast
flour tortillas
corn tortillas
beans and stew
How was drinking chocolate most commonly prepared?
Alone as a sweet and luxurious drink
Spiced with chili peppers and spices
Sweetened with sugar and goat milk
Flavored with vanilla and served on the farm
What was used as currency?
corn
shells
cocoa beans
painted beans
How were most crops grown?
Large fields with many crops
Small fields with one crop
Large fields with one crop
Small fields with many crops
Most were harvested in the jungles
What made the Mayan's successful farmers?
access to water
knowledge of stars and weather
knowledge of math and geometry
knowledge of favorable gods
Digging small canals to create islands to farm on was known as
Raised fields
Fish farming
Terrace Farming
Slash and burn
Building walls to make small, flat fields on top of one another like steps is known as
Raised field
Terrace farming
Slash and burn
Laddered farms
Cutting and burning jungle, then mixing ash into the soil, is known as
Raised field
Terrace farming
Slash and burn
Pyroagriculture
True or false: The Mesoamericans were a vegetarian civilization
true
false
Check ALL of the mesoamerican foods below
dogs
cows
cats
ducks
grasshoppers
What animals were raised for meat? CHECK ALL that apply
Cows
llamas
ducks
turkeys
pics
What were the largest animals that were hunted for food?
peccary and deer
deer and moose
wolves and jaguars
peccary and cows
jaguars and turkey
True or false: fish and shellfish were an important part of the Mesoamerican diet
true
false
Hunting and war weapons (that we have seen so far) were
non-existent
made of iron and steel
made of fiber, stone, and wood
replicas of Assyrian hunting tools
