WorksheetsOlmec, Mayan, and Aztec
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 21mins
Giant stone heads belong to which civilization?
Olmec
Maya
Which Mesoamerican civilization came first?
Inca
Olmec
Aztec
Maya
The word "Olmec" means (in the Aztec language):
"ancient people"
"warrior"
"farmer"
"rubber people"
What is maize?
sweet potatoes
corn
peas
chili peppers
What was the name of Olmec's capital?
Tenochtitlan
Talum
La Venta
Midlothian
The Olmecs called themselves as the "______ ______".
Nature people
Native people
Rubber people
String people
Giant stone heads belong to which civilization?
Olmec
Maya
This civilization was found in the lowlands of Mexico:
Olmec
Maya
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Where were the Aztecs located
Settled in the valley of mexico, in the capital Tenochtitlan-located on lake Texcoco (island)
America
North Carolina
Anywhere
What achievements did the Mayans have
Calendars
Paper
Toys
Rubber
What Achievements did the Aztecs have
Mathematics
Cheese
Houses
Blankets
In the case of religion, a similarity between the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya was:
animism
human sacrifice
theocracy
polytheism
Where did the Maya live?
Central Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
South America mainly Peru
The Maya were the first recorded civilization to feature the concept of ________ in their number system.
1
- 1
0
Infinity
What was pok-ta-pok?
A type of food
A ball game
A headdress for the priest
A drink made from corn
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
What was one reason the Aztec waged war so often?
They needed prisoners for human sacrifices.
They believed the gods enjoyed seeing humans fight.
the Spanish would appreciate their sacrfices
They were always under attack from their neighbors.
The Aztec were best known as
farmers
warriors
nomads
magicians
Sanskrit
Glyphs
Arabic
Cyrillic
What is a codex?
An alphabet.
A group of glyphs drew by Aztecs, they show how this civilization was.
Tenochtitlan was bigger, safe and easy to defend because it had:
water on all sides, just 3 connecting cause ways, chinampas, and aqueducts.
big walls around that protected them.
Why did the Aztecs call themselves the "people of the sun"
the nobles could relax in the sun
the sun dried out their crops
their main god was the sun god
the peasants often for sunburned
