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WorksheetsMesoamerican Civilizations
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
The Maya settled in an area now called
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
Cuzco
Along to the Gulf of Mexico
What was the name of the mesoamerican civilization that used to carving big heads on the rocks?
(a)
What does Meso mean?
Middle
Top
Round
Ocean
From the mesoamerican class system, who was the most important?
Merchants
Farmers
Slaves
Kings
How did the Aztec please the gods?
Giving offerings.
Sacrificing animals.
Providing food.
All of the above.
The Mayans were located in what is known today as _________.
Cuba
Canada
Mexico
Australia
Most people in the Mayan empire were _________. They grew corn, beans, and squash
Hunters
Store Sellers
Farmers
Hunters & Farmers
The capital of the Aztec empire is
Tampico
Tenochtitlan
Guadalajara
Reynosa
The location of the Inca civilization of South America demonstrates the
importance of trade with western Europe.
ability of humans to adapt to the environment.
influence of cultural diversity.
complexity of indigenous belief systems.
What is the name of the civilization that play POK-TA-POK?
(a)
____refers to a method in which farmers cut down plants and then burn the fields in order to clear the land.
Agriculture
Slash-and-burn
Pottery
Civilization
___ were Olmecs priests
Shamans
Sacerdotisa
Raman
Emperor
What made math easier for the Maya?
decimals
addition
algebra
zero
Where are the Andes Mountains located?
South America
North America
Asia
Europe
What was most important in the Maya economy?
Farming
Trade
War
Weapons
Many early Mesoamerican civilizations were known for:
spreading their influence without using violence
building large pyramids for religious purposes
giving all their people equal power in government
allowing all religious beliefs
What did early Mesoamerican cultures have in common?
They worshipped many gods
They had no written language
They were ruled by women
They outlawed slavery
which civilization created the concept of zero?
mayans
incans
aztecs
conquistadors
who lived in the andies mountain range?
aztecs
incans
europeans
spaniards
The Mayans and Aztecs had an extensive knowledge of.......
pottery
jewlery
astronomy
wood-working
Mexico was home to all of the following civilizations EXCEPT
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Olmec
Engineering was a key advance from which civilization that built Machu Picchu?
Toltecs
Aztecs
Maya
Inca
The Incas built networks of ______________ that helped to connect the empire together.
Crops
Roads
Shelters
Stone buildings
Maize is another word for
Corn
underworld
gods
Empire
A big country controlled by one ruler
a country that is ruled by other countries and/or by one ruler
a political system in which people or lands are controlled by one ruler
Olmec
First t civilization known for sculpting huge stone heads.
Mesoamerican civilization that reached its height between 250 and 900 C.E.
A cutlass Aztec emperor, who ruled from 1502 to 1520 and was overthrown by the Spanish
Region that stretches from the central part of Mexico south and includes the northern part of Central America
North America
Mesoamerica
Pangea
South America
belief in many gods
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Islamic
Buddhist
The official language of the Inca
Quechua
Chinampas
Spanish
Italian
