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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are chinampas?
artificial islands used for farming
crops grown by Aztec farmers
crops grown by Aztec farmers
walls built to hold back flood waters
The majority of Aztecs belonged to what social class?
nobles
commoners
slaves
priests
Why did the Aztecs engage in human sacrifice?
to punish people who broke the law
to keep their chief god strong
to determine who would be the next emperor
to punish their enemies who also engaged in human sacrifice
The Aztecs build aqueducts in order to
please their gods.
supply Tenochtitlan with fresh water.
move trade goods.
connect Tenochtitlan to the lakeshore.
Why did the Incas build terraces?
to improve travel and communication through the empire
to allow them to build homes on the sides of mountains
to make it easier to climb high mountains
to increase the amount of fertile farmland
What was the mita system?
a practice of paying taxes through labor
a method of record keeping
a network of royal messengers
a rigid social hierarchy
What are chinampas?
artificial islands used for farming
crops grown by Aztec farmers
birds sacred to the Aztec people
walls built to hold back flood waters
The majority of Aztecs belonged to what social class?
nobles
commoners
slaves
priests
Why did the Aztecs engage in human sacrifice?
to punish people who broke the law
to keep their chief god strong
to determine who would be the next emperor
to punish their enemies who also engaged in human sacrifice
The Aztecs build aqueducts in order to
please their gods.
The Aztecs build aqueducts in order to
move trade goods.
connect Tenochtitlan to the lakeshore.
Why did the Incas build terraces?
o improve travel and communication through the empire
to allow them to build homes on the sides of mountains
to make it easier to climb high mountains
to increase the amount of fertile farmland
What was the mita system?
a practice of paying taxes through labor
a method of record keeping
a network of royal messengers
a rigid social hierarchy
The Incas used quipus to
preserve their history.
keep records of people and goods.
decide when to plant crops.
divide work among peasant families.
What is considered the greatest example of Incan engineering?
the chinampas
the road network
the ayllu system
the ayllu system
What event marked the start of the downfall of the Incan Empire?
A drought made it impossible to feed all the people of the empire.
Two sons of the emperor fought a civil war for control of the empire.
Spanish conquerors arrived and took control of the Incan capital.
A volcano wiped out the majority of the population in Incan cities.
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