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WorksheetsSSWH8 Maya, Aztec, Inca
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
collective term for the civilizations of Central and South American before the European discovery of the Americas
Latin America
Mesoamerica
South America
America
thing that Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas had in common
complex civilizations
not based in river valleys
creative farming techniques
all of the answers are correct
The Mesoamerican shad no ______ _____ to pull heavy loads, which makes it even more amazing that they built such HUGE monuments.
draft animals
farm animals
Slaves
big animals
civilization which flourished between about 250 & 900 CE in the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
type of agriculture used by Mayans to deal with their heavily forested environment
slash and burn
dry farming
tenant farming
praying to the God of forest
civilization which flourished from about 1250 to 1521 in Northern Mexico
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Which is the oldest?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
agricultural innovation used by the Aztecs to grow crops in Lake Texcoco
Slash and burn
chinanpas
human sacrifice
draft animals
What caused Aztec civilization to fall in 1521?
Inca Invasion
Maya Invasion
Spanish Invasion
Drought and famine
South American empire which flourished in the Andes Mountains from the 1200s to 1532
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Incan capital city
Cuzco
Tenochticlan
Mexico
Peru
What weakened the Inca empire shortly before Spaniards arrived in 1532?
drought and famine
civil war
Aztec invasion
diseases
term for a set of knotted strings used by the Incas to keep records
codix
quipu
Cuzco
terracing
Incan term for the emperor
Quipu
Cuzco
Sapa Inca
King
Incan agricultural innovation which allowed for farming in mountainous terrain
slash and burn
chinampas
terracing
tenant farming
