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Mexico History Ch 3 section 3

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Modern Mexico is located here

a)

Yucatan

b)

Olmec Pass

c)

Valley of Mexico

d)

Filed of Maize

2.

The Aztecs arrived in the Valey of Mexico around what year?

a)

AD1325

b)

1000 BC

c)

1520

d)

c 900

3.

Who landed in Mexico in 1518

a)

Montezuma

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

The British

d)

Christoper Columbus

4.

What does the term annex mean?

a)

to go into debt

b)

to add territory

c)

to build hostility between two countries

d)

to add people

5.

What is the term for the major urban centers in Maya city-states?

a)

Copan

b)

polities

c)

Aztec

6.

The proper way to label 3000 years ago

a)

1000 BC

b)

1000 AD

c)

BCE 300

d)

1000 CE

7.

The term for an extensive group of people governed by one ruler.

a)

empire

b)

atlas

c)

civilization

d)

tribute

8.

What term does NOT describe a conquistador?

a)

Spanish

b)

soldier

c)

explorer

d)

ship captain

9.

Who were the Mestizos?

a)

people of mixed Spanish and native heritage

b)

people native to Spain

c)

slaves

10.

These people lived along the Gulf of Mexico about 1000 BC

a)

Aztec

b)

Olmec

c)

Maya

d)

Maize

11.

This term is a fee or tax that people in the region had to pay to support the ruler or king.

a)

labor

b)

tribute

c)

crop

d)

empire

12.

What was one of the biggest reasons that the Aztec civilization was defeated?

a)

Aztec belief Cortez was a god

b)

European diseases

c)

Horses, which the Aztec had never seen

d)

Native tribes working with the Spanish

13.

Mexico wanted new settlers in the area of Texas. The Mexican government offered land to Americans starting in 1821.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

The Mayan glyphs were not just words but based on phonics. What does phonics mean?

a)

representing ideas

b)

representing sounds

c)

representing pictures

d)

representing images

15.

The Maya used hieroglyphics. What are Hieroglyphics?

a)

a system of writing

b)

a system of government

c)

a system of religion

d)

a system of farming

16.

The term for an outbreak of disease that kills people.

a)

conquest

b)

epidemic

c)

smallpox

d)

measles

17.

This was at the center of Mayan culture

a)

religion

b)

war

c)

maize

d)

fish

18.

The Maya studied this to create an accurate calendar for religious festivals.

a)

the Sun, moon, stars, and planets

b)

tropical storm cycles

c)

tides of the Gulf of Mexico

d)

sunrise and sunsets

19.

Who overtook the Aztecs in 1520?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

English

d)

Mexicans

20.

After the war with the United States, the Mexican economy was weakened. What was the main topic of the Revolution?

a)

mining reform

b)

military reform

c)

agriculture reform

d)

land reform

21.

Our math system is decimal-based, which is based on the number 10. What was the Maya math system based on?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

60

d)

20