WorksheetsPre Columbian America
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Worksheet time: 14mins
(1450-1572 CE), Largest Empire ever built in South America; territory extended 2,500 miles from north to south and embraced almost all of modern Peru connected by roads
Aztecs
Inca
Olmec
Maya
Where was the Aztec civilization located?
Central Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
South America, mostly Peru
What's the name of the Aztec Capital?
Texcoco
Chinapa
Templo Mayor
Tenochtitlan
Which type of crop did the Aztecs NOT grow?
squash
potatoes
chili peppers
corn
Where did the Inca live?
Yucatan Peninsula
South America, specifically mostly modern Peru
Central Mexico
The Empire that developed in the Andes Mountains of South America lasting from the 1400s to the 1530s was the
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Conquistadors
What does the term "nomadic" mean?
People who move around a lot, no permanent home
People who stay in one place for a long time
People who have to use irrigation systems in order to grow food
People who were the first to come into contact with Europeans
A 10 foot tall, four-ton elephant.
Spider
Wolly Mammoth
Squirrel
Dog
Middle America located between United States and South America
Chihuahua
Mesoamerica
West Indies
Yucatan Peninsula
Most of Mesoamerica is located where?
Belize
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Olmec lived in what modern country?
Belize
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Match the sculpture/building to the civilization that made it.
Anasazi
Mayans
Mississippians
Northwest Indians
Olmec
The Incas lived in...
Peru, part of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
Mexico
Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize.
The Aztecs lived in...
Mexico
Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize.
Peru, part of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
Who were the Pre-columbian civilizations?
The Sumerians
Mayas, Aztecs and Incas
The Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians
What is a civilization?
A city that is like a small independent country.
A society with similar religious beliefs, customs, language, and forms of government.
A historical region
Where are the Aztecs located
In Mexico, Guatemala and honduras. Really close to the mayas
In the northwest of Argentina and the north of Chile.
In Mexico and a little part of U.S.A
All of the above
What civilizations have temples (Some have ruins but are still standing)
Aztecs
Mayas
Incas
All of the above
The mayas and the Aztecs are very close
False
True
Who domesticate the corn?
mayas
incas
aztecs
quimbayas
of, relating to, or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
pre-American
post-American
pre-Columbian
post-Columbian
The ancestors of the Native Americans came from what continent?
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
What technique of agriculture did both the Maya and Inca use?
Horse and plow
Irrigation systems
Artificial fertilizer
Terrace farming
The Mayans had an advanced writing system of glyphs that we call:
Alphabet
Cuneiform
Scriptograms
Pictographs
The capital city of the Aztec Empire was:
Cuzco
Chichen Itza
Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
