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Mesoamerican Civilizations

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Maya settled in an area now called

a)

Yucatan Peninsula

b)

Mexico

c)

Cuzco

d)

Along to the Gulf of Mexico

2.

What was the name of the mesoamerican civilization that used to carving big heads on the rocks?

(a)  

3.

What does Meso mean?

a)

Middle

b)

Top

c)

Round

d)

Ocean

4.

From the mesoamerican class system, who was the most important?

a)

Merchants

b)

Farmers

c)

Slaves

d)

Kings

5.

How did the Aztec please the gods?

a)

Giving offerings.

b)

Sacrificing animals.

c)

Providing food.

d)

All of the above.

6.

The Mayans were located in what is known today as _________.

a)

Cuba

b)

Canada

c)

Mexico

d)

Australia

7.

Most people in the Mayan empire were _________. They grew corn, beans, and squash

a)

Hunters

b)

Store Sellers

c)

Farmers

d)

Hunters & Farmers

8.

The capital of the Aztec empire is

a)

Tampico

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Guadalajara

d)

Reynosa

9.

The location of the Inca civilization of South America demonstrates the

a)

importance of trade with western Europe.

b)

ability of humans to adapt to the environment.

c)

influence of cultural diversity.

d)

complexity of indigenous belief systems.

10.

What is the name of the civilization that play POK-TA-POK?

(a)  

11.

____refers to a method in which farmers cut down plants and then burn the fields in order to clear the land.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Slash-and-burn

c)

Pottery

d)

Civilization

12.

___ were Olmecs priests

a)

Shamans

b)

Sacerdotisa

c)

Raman

d)

Emperor

13.

What made math easier for the Maya?

a)

decimals

b)

addition

c)

algebra

d)

zero

14.

Where are the Andes Mountains located?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

15.

What was most important in the Maya economy?

a)

Farming

b)

Trade

c)

War

d)

Weapons

16.

Many early Mesoamerican civilizations were known for:

a)

spreading their influence without using violence

b)

building large pyramids for religious purposes

c)

giving all their people equal power in government

d)

allowing all religious beliefs

17.

What did early Mesoamerican cultures have in common?

a)

They worshipped many gods

b)

They had no written language

c)

They were ruled by women

d)

They outlawed slavery

18.

which civilization created the concept of zero?

a)

mayans

b)

incans

c)

aztecs

d)

conquistadors

19.

who lived in the andies mountain range?

a)

aztecs

b)

incans

c)

europeans

d)

spaniards

20.

The Mayans and Aztecs had an extensive knowledge of.......

a)

pottery

b)

jewlery

c)

astronomy

d)

wood-working

21.

Mexico was home to all of the following civilizations EXCEPT

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

22.
Which of the following is/are possible explanation(s) for the disappearance of the Mayas?
a)
Population outgrew area to farm 
b)
Warfare from outside
c)
Severe drought
d)
All of the above
23.

Engineering was a key advance from which civilization that built Machu Picchu?

a)

Toltecs

b)

Aztecs

c)

Maya

d)

Inca

24.

The Incas built networks of ______________ that helped to connect the empire together.

a)

Crops

b)

Roads

c)

Shelters

d)

Stone buildings

25.

Maize is another word for

a)

Corn

b)

underworld

c)

gods

26.

Empire

a)

A big country controlled by one ruler

b)

a country that is ruled by other countries and/or by one ruler

c)

a political system in which people or lands are controlled by one ruler

27.

Olmec

a)

First t civilization known for sculpting huge stone heads.

b)

Mesoamerican civilization that reached its height between 250 and 900 C.E.

c)

A cutlass Aztec emperor, who ruled from 1502 to 1520 and was overthrown by the Spanish

28.

Region that stretches from the central part of Mexico south and includes the northern part of Central America

a)

North America

b)

Mesoamerica

c)

Pangea

d)

South America

29.

belief in many gods

a)

Polytheistic

b)

Monotheistic

c)

Islamic

d)

Buddhist

30.

The official language of the Inca

a)

Quechua

b)

Chinampas

c)

Spanish

d)

Italian