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Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

An Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River Valley.

a)

Aztec Citadel

b)

City of Tenochtitlan

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Peruvian Citadel

2.

Machu Picchu is a stone city standing during the Aztec Civilization, all the structure are made out of stones and boulders

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

The Aztecs and the Mayans created calendars.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

How did the construction of 5,000 miles of roads and bridges support the growth of the Inca Empire?

a)

The Incas wanted to demonstrate their engineering ability for historians to study.

b)

The roads and bridges served as a warning to other civilizations of the military power of the Incas.

c)

The roads and bridges enabled the movement of armies, people, and goods throughout the empire.

d)

The Incas were nomadic and the roads allowed the people to travel easier.

5.

Which two civilizations were located in Central America?

a)

Aztecs and Mayans

b)

Incas and Mayans

c)

Incas and Aztecs

6.

What civilizations was in the Andes Mountains?

a)

Incas

b)

Mayans

c)

Aztecs

7.

The Incas split their empire up into 4 territories because it made governing their empire easier.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Which civilization was located in the lowlands of the Yucatan Peninsula?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

Yucatans

d)

Mayans

9.

What caused the decline of the Aztec civilizations?

a)

Disease

b)

Spanish Conquistadors

c)

Overthrow of leadership

10.

.Based on the Ancient Mayan Temple, what ancient civilization did the Mayan’s architecture most closely resemble?

a)

Romans

b)

Greeks

c)

Egyptians

d)

Incas

11.

Which civilizations were polytheistic?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

Mayans

d)

All of the above

12.

What agricultural technique did the Maya develop?

a)

Slash and burn

b)

Chinampas

c)

Terrace farming

d)

Raised fields

13.

What is the modern day name for the city Tenochtitlan?

a)

Aztec

b)

Pueblo

c)

Mexico

d)

Guatemala

14.

What agricultural technique did the Inca use?

a)

Chinampas and raised fields

b)

Chinampas

c)

Raised fields

d)

Terraced Farming

15.

Why did the Incas teach the leaders of the tribes they conquered the Incan religion, language and customs?

a)

Newly conquered people accepted the Inca leader because he let them continue their own religion

b)

The Inca needed human sacrifices for religious rituals

c)

It allowed newly conquered people to keep their own culture

d)

Common cultural characteristics helped to unite all of the people in the empire

16.

During the Aztec’s civilization, the arrangement of the city was that like of a radial and not linear type of planning, wherein the plaza is at the center and most of the dwelling houses is scattered on the outskirts.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

The Incas created a system of roads and bridges.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Which civilization was located on Lake Texcoco?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Mayans

c)

Mesoamerica

d)

Incas

19.

This type of planting is unique during the Aztec civilization, wherein they build artificial islands on the bodies of water as an agricultural land. What do they call this?

a)

Ilayan

b)

Tabuleh

c)

Chinampas

d)

Chimpanas

20.

An Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River Valley.

a)

City of Tenochtitlan

b)

Aztec Citadel

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Peruvian Citadel

21.

Which civilization gained control of a large portion of modern-day Mexico?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Mayans

c)

Incas

d)

Yucatans

22.

What caused the decline of the Mayan civilization?

a)

Citizens overthrew kings

b)

Couldn’t farm anymore because of slash and burn

c)

Diseases

d)

All of the above

23.

Who conquered the Inca civilization?

a)

Hernan Cortes  

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Leonardo Venezir

24.

How was the political structure of the Aztecs different from that of the Mayans?

a)

The Aztecs elected their ruler, but the Mayans had a dynasty

b)

The Aztecs had a tribal organization, but the Mayans built an Empire.

c)

The Aztecs believed their religion impacted their ruler, but the Mayans did not believe their religion and government were connected

d)

The Aztecs had one ruler and capital city, but the Mayans had many city-states each with their own ruler.

25.

The Inca called their empire Tahuantinsuyu, or Land of the Four Quarters. What was the advantage of dividing the empire into small parts?

a)

It created four separate cultures within the empire

b)

It made the empire easier to control and defend

c)

It built towers for security