WorksheetsMaya, Aztec, Inca
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 45mins
In the Mayan popular ball game you could NOT use your
hands or feet
head
stomach
mouth
The Maya INVENTED
pyramids
jewelry
a way to count and write
clothing
Why would the Maya make sacrifices to their gods?
to please the gods and get a good harvest
to use the temple
to establish the power of their city-state
What is a city-state?
an artificial field of mud and vegetation used to produce crops
the building where a bureaucrat works
the great pyramid that stood at the center of the city
a city with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state
Who made up the majority of the population in the Maya society?
Priests
Warriors
Craftsmen
Farmers
The Maya used glyphs to
farm swamp land
fight back against the conquistadors
represent words, syllables, and sounds as part of a complex system of writing
help build up hip muscle so they would be really good at the ball game
Most Maya scribes recorded their people's history in a folded book made of tree bark called
a glyph
a book
a stelae
a codex
The largest buildings in Maya cities were pyramids that also served as _____________.
Houses
Markets
Castles
Temples
It was clear that ______________ was a key part of Maya life.
religion
sports
hunting
hiking
Who did the Maya believe were much wiser than humans?
the gods
animals
the stars
The Maya made significant advancements in __________ and ____________.
reading and math
math and astronomy
writing and reading
reading and astronomy
They invented the concept of __________.
0
100
5
800
The Maya developed an accurate __________________ system.
laundry
fishing
building
calendar
The Maya developed the only known system of __________________ in Mesoamerica. This system used pictures.
reading
writing
speaking
The Aztec built their city in the middle of what lake?
Tenochtitlan
Texaco
Tikal
Texcoco
Farmers built islands from reeds in order to farm. They were called______________.
aqueducts
farming plots
terraces
chinampas
The Aztec sacrificed only on special occasions.
True
False
An aqueduct is _____________________.
a pool
a way of channeling water across a valley
a fountain
The Aztec
Were skilled warriors
Were skilled llama herders
Were skilled swimmers
All of the Above
How did the Aztec create their empire?
Building pyramids
Buying land
Conquering other city-states
Farming on a lake
The ruler of the Aztec Empire was known as a/an ________________.
President
King
Emperor
Dictator
We know the Aztec were ____ because they worshipped over 1,000 gods.
monotheistic
polytheistic
Muslim
Beliebers (fans of Justin Bieber)
how did the Aztec travel
by a unicorn
by hours
by car
Aztecs build causeways and canals for transportation to and from the city
The Sapa Inca and his family lived in a palace in the city of_______.
Tenochtitlan
Cuzco
Palenque
Oaxaca
The Incas first settled in present-day ________around 1200 AD.
Mexico
Peru
Brazil
California
The Incas were very careful with preserving and preparing a body for burial. They
burned the bodies so that worms could not touch them.
dressed them up and put perfume on them so they wouldn't stink and offend the gods.
created mummies and buried their dead with treasures to be taken with them to the afterlife.
dressed them as warriors so other people in the afterlife would not mess with them.
What animal was used for work?
Llama
Cow
Camel
Horse
What did Incas use for counting?
beads
their fingers
quipus
None of the above
Where did the Inca live?
a lake in Mexico
jungles of Guatemala and Belize
in a desert in Panama
in the Andes Mountains of Peru
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
What was the main building material for Incas?
wood
stone
straw and sticks
mud bricks
4. How many months were in the Inca calendar?
12
10
18
24
What crop was the most important to the Inca?
green beans
bananas
corn
potatoes
What hidden Inca city was found in 1911
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
Middletown
Mexico City
This group of people strongly influenced the Mayans
the Egyptians
the Olmec
the Peruvians
the Aztec
What technique did the Mayans use to help them farm?
slash and burn
chinampas
aqueducts
crop sharing
The most important god to the Aztecs was
the Moon god
the Sun god
the farming god
the god of war
What precious metals did the Incas mine for?
emeralds
obsidian
gold and silver
copper
How did the bridges that the Incas built, help them stay safe?
the could use them to travel over the waterways
they could have warriors positioned on the bridges
they could barricade themselves in their city
the could burn them down if they were being invaded
