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SSWH8 Maya, Aztec, Inca

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

collective term for the civilizations of Central and South American before the European discovery of the Americas

a)

Latin America

b)

Mesoamerica

c)

South America

d)

America

2.

thing that Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas had in common

a)

complex civilizations

b)

not based in river valleys

c)

creative farming techniques

d)

all of the answers are correct

3.

The Mesoamerican shad no ______ _____ to pull heavy loads, which makes it even more amazing that they built such HUGE monuments.

a)

draft animals

b)

farm animals

c)

Slaves

d)

big animals

4.

civilization which flourished between about 250 & 900 CE in the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Olmec

5.

type of agriculture used by Mayans to deal with their heavily forested environment

a)

slash and burn

b)

dry farming

c)

tenant farming

d)

praying to the God of forest

6.

civilization which flourished from about 1250 to 1521 in Northern Mexico

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Olmec

7.

Which is the oldest?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Olmec

8.

agricultural innovation used by the Aztecs to grow crops in Lake Texcoco

a)

Slash and burn

b)

chinanpas

c)

human sacrifice

d)

draft animals

9.

What caused Aztec civilization to fall in 1521?

a)

Inca Invasion

b)

Maya Invasion

c)

Spanish Invasion

d)

Drought and famine

10.

South American empire which flourished in the Andes Mountains from the 1200s to 1532

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Olmec

11.

Incan capital city

a)

Cuzco

b)

Tenochticlan

c)

Mexico

d)

Peru

12.

What weakened the Inca empire shortly before Spaniards arrived in 1532?

a)

drought and famine

b)

civil war

c)

Aztec invasion

d)

diseases

13.

term for a set of knotted strings used by the Incas to keep records

a)

codix

b)

quipu

c)

Cuzco

d)

terracing

14.

Incan term for the emperor

a)

Quipu

b)

Cuzco

c)

Sapa Inca

d)

King

15.

Incan agricultural innovation which allowed for farming in mountainous terrain

a)

slash and burn

b)

chinampas

c)

terracing

d)

tenant farming