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Worksheet time: 9mins
An Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River Valley.
Aztec Citadel
City of Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
Peruvian Citadel
Machu Picchu is a stone city standing during the Aztec Civilization, all the structure are made out of stones and boulders
TRUE
FALSE
The Aztecs and the Mayans created calendars.
TRUE
FALSE
How did the construction of 5,000 miles of roads and bridges support the growth of the Inca Empire?
The Incas wanted to demonstrate their engineering ability for historians to study.
The roads and bridges served as a warning to other civilizations of the military power of the Incas.
The roads and bridges enabled the movement of armies, people, and goods throughout the empire.
The Incas were nomadic and the roads allowed the people to travel easier.
Which two civilizations were located in Central America?
Aztecs and Mayans
Incas and Mayans
Incas and Aztecs
What civilizations was in the Andes Mountains?
Incas
Mayans
Aztecs
The Incas split their empire up into 4 territories because it made governing their empire easier.
TRUE
FALSE
Which civilization was located in the lowlands of the Yucatan Peninsula?
Aztecs
Incas
Yucatans
Mayans
What caused the decline of the Aztec civilizations?
Disease
Spanish Conquistadors
Overthrow of leadership
.Based on the Ancient Mayan Temple, what ancient civilization did the Mayan’s architecture most closely resemble?
Romans
Greeks
Egyptians
Incas
Which civilizations were polytheistic?
Aztecs
Incas
Mayans
All of the above
What agricultural technique did the Maya develop?
Slash and burn
Chinampas
Terrace farming
Raised fields
What is the modern day name for the city Tenochtitlan?
Aztec
Pueblo
Mexico
Guatemala
What agricultural technique did the Inca use?
Chinampas and raised fields
Chinampas
Raised fields
Terraced Farming
Why did the Incas teach the leaders of the tribes they conquered the Incan religion, language and customs?
Newly conquered people accepted the Inca leader because he let them continue their own religion
The Inca needed human sacrifices for religious rituals
It allowed newly conquered people to keep their own culture
Common cultural characteristics helped to unite all of the people in the empire
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.
TRUE
FALSE
The Incas created a system of roads and bridges.
TRUE
FALSE
Which civilization was located on Lake Texcoco?
Aztecs
Mayans
Mesoamerica
Incas
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?
Ilayan
Tabuleh
Chinampas
Chimpanas
An Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River Valley.
City of Tenochtitlan
Aztec Citadel
Machu Picchu
Peruvian Citadel
Which civilization gained control of a large portion of modern-day Mexico?
Aztecs
Mayans
Incas
Yucatans
What caused the decline of the Mayan civilization?
Citizens overthrew kings
Couldn’t farm anymore because of slash and burn
Diseases
All of the above
Who conquered the Inca civilization?
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Leonardo Venezir
How was the political structure of the Aztecs different from that of the Mayans?
The Aztecs elected their ruler, but the Mayans had a dynasty
The Aztecs had a tribal organization, but the Mayans built an Empire.
The Aztecs believed their religion impacted their ruler, but the Mayans did not believe their religion and government were connected
The Aztecs had one ruler and capital city, but the Mayans had many city-states each with their own ruler.
The Inca called their empire Tahuantinsuyu, or Land of the Four Quarters. What was the advantage of dividing the empire into small parts?
It created four separate cultures within the empire
It made the empire easier to control and defend
It built towers for security
