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WorksheetsMeso America!
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
Where did the Maya settle?
high in the Himalaya Mountains
Mesopotamia
Yucatan Peninsula
Andes Mountains of modern day Peru
Which were the tallest and most important buildings in Maya cities?
houses
observatories to study the stars
pyramids
ball courts
Which of these modern countries is in the area where Maya civilization developed and is home to large numbers of Maya today?
Panama
Venezuela
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Which was the primary Maya food?
corn
beans
squash
chili peppers
Where did Aztec nomads settle around a.d. 1300?
Copan
Yucatan
Tenochtitlán
Valley of México
What did the city-states under Aztec control get in return for the tribute they paid?
protection
the right to govern themselves
temples to worship Aztec gods
better farmland
How did Aztec nobles get their positions?
They made sacrifices at the temples.
They bought them from the king.
They inherited them
The people elected them.
What shows that the Aztec were polytheistic?
The Aztec worshipped up to 1,000 gods.
Religion was central at all levels of society.
Religion was central at all levels of society.
Sometimes the Aztec sacrificed humans in religious ceremonies.
What were the Warrior Schools?
Military training schools from a young age. At these schools, boys learned read and build weapons.
Military training schools from as teenagers. At these schools, boys learned to fight in formation and use weapons.
Military training schools from a young age. At these schools, boys learned to fight in formation and use weapons.
What's the name of the Aztec Capital?
Texcoco
Chinapa
Templo Mayor
Tenochtitlan
A city with its surrounding territory forms an independent state is
a city state
a chinapas
a temple
a city capital
Which color represents where the Aztec civilization was?
blue
red
gray
green
Which best describes how the Aztecs spread their power?
Conquest
Trade
Diplomacy
Alliances
The __ god seemed to be most important to the Aztec.
Sun
Jaguar
Serpent
Quetzal
Where was the Inca Empire located?
The Yucatán Peninsula
The Valley of Cuzco
The Sierra Madre Mountains
The Amazon Basin
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
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
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
In the Inca Empire, commoners
carved terraces and planted crops
farmed communal lands and worked on state-owned farms
served in the army and on building projects
all of the above
