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WorksheetsMesoamerican & South American Empires
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 45mins
Which society was considered to be the "Mother Culture"?
Zapotec
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Giant stone heads belong to which civilization?
Olmec
Maya
Which Mesoamerican civilization came first?
Inca
Olmec
Aztec
Maya
Mesoamerica was on which continents?
North America
Oceania
Africa
South America
Which Mesoamerican culture had an island capital?
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Inca
The region of Mexico and Central America where diverse
civilizations developed in pre-Columbian times.
pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica
historic quarter
Middle America
When the Aztec arrived in Central Mexico the area was
dominated by city-states
dominated by the Maya
Empty, ready for them to build a grand empire
a wall of skulls
What were chinampas?
the name for Aztec city-states
people who lived in Tenochtitlan
farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled
walls of skulls at temples
Building chinampas allowed the Aztec to
farm in swamp land
defeat the other city-states
carve skulls into stone wall
create intricate green masks
What is the name of the lake where the Aztec settled?
Lake Texcoco
Lake Tahoe
Lake Templo
Lake Cusco
What's the name of the Aztec Capital?
Texcoco
Chinapa
Templo Mayor
Tenochtitlan
The name for a government official who works to carry out the business of the government is
conquistador
codex
glyph
bureaucrat
A city with its surrounding territory forms an independent state is
a city state
a chinapas
a temple
a city capital
What was one reason the Aztec became weak?
they demanded high tributes that city-states couldn't and wouldn't pay
the chinampas fell apart
too much money was spent on the Templo Mayor
all of the above
Who was Moctezuma II?
Spanish conqueror who was greedy for gold and riches from Central and South America
An important Aztec priest
Aztec ruler who considered himself equal with the gods. The ruler when Hernan Cortes first arrived.
Aztec leader who built Tenochititlan
What is one way we know about the legacy of the Aztec civilization?
the Aztec made codices (like books) with glyphs describing their history
The Spanish were very careful with Aztec goods and artifacts and have preserved them
Carvings in caves
Moctezuma II's Instagram
The Andes
are a mountain range where the Inca Empire was established
are a civilization that was built in central Mexico
are a series of lakes in Peru
The capital of the Inca Empire was at
Tenochtitlan
Texcoco
Copan
Cusco
The Empire that developed in the Andes Mountains of South America lasting from the 1400s to the 1530s was the
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Conquistadors
Whats the name of the stone city built high up in the Andes including religious temples, royal residences, and houses for workers?
Andes
Cusco
Machu Picchu
Nahuatl
Who was the Inca emperor whose name means "he who changed the world"?
Priest
Pachacuti
Cortes
Moctezuma II
Quechua was the
language spoken by the Inca
corn recipe used by the Inca
city built by the Inca high in the Andes
ruler of the Inca
Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as
tribute
quechua
terrace farming
chinampas farming
Even though the Inca had a large and strong army, the Spanish successfully defeated them because they had
Atahualpa
horses and superior metal weapons
terraced farming
Francisco Pizarro
Their bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope, as well as their extensive network and roads, plus their entire cities built out of stone show us that the Inca were
lazy
gifted engineers and builders
using a lot of help from the Maya
skilled readers and writers
The people of the Inca empire
all spoke ONLY 1 language
were all very similar
were diverse and spoke over 20 languages
were diverse but spoke ONLY one language
What allowed stones to carry water to the city (like in Rome!)?
terraced farming
aqueducts
Machu Picchu
quarried stone
Francisco Pizarro
was a conquistador from Spain. He invaded the Inca.
Had only 180 men, but superior supplies compared to the Inca
conquered the territory of the fallen Inca Empire
all of the above
Conquistador is a spanish word that means.....
crazy man
soldier
conqueror
The continent was rich in natural resources, especially precious metals like__________ and _________.
silver and gold
iron and aluminum
copper and bronze
Conquistadors saw a fantastic opportunity to gain___________and ____________.
real estate and equity
stocks and bonds
wealth and power
The Conquistadors were able to defeat the native people because they had steel swords, ____________ and firearms.
horses
good lawyers
large armies
The native people were ______________.
recruited to become spanish citizens
enslaved and made to work in mines.
given jobs and encouraged to buy homes.
The enslaved native people were forced to work on large plantations called_____________.
farms
grasslands
encomienda's
Which legend did Coronado hear about that he wanted to find?
New Spain
The Zuni Pueblo
Seven Cities of Cibola
North America
Which explorer was looking for 'cities of gold'?
Pineda
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Cortez
Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Coahelticans and Karankawas)?
Columbus
Cabeza De Vaca
Coronado
Cortez
