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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Why did farmers in Mesoamerica move their farms from time to time?
A As their families grew larger, farmers needed larger farms.
B Conquering armies confiscated their land and forced them to leave.
C Heavy rains flooded their fields, forcing them to find new land.
D The soil would wear out and could no longer support farming.
What was one factor that may have caused Mayan cities to fall into ruin between 800 and 1000 bce?
A The Olmec invaded Mayan cities.
B The Spanish conquered the Maya.
C Mayan buildings were poorly constructed.
D Food shortages occurred due to drought.
Which concept did the Maya understand before Europeans did?
A architecture
B calendars
C hieroglyphics
D the number zero
How have modern scholars learned much of their information about the Maya?
A from printed books
B from oral history
C from glyphs carved in stone
C from glyphs carved in stone
Why did Mayan commoners seek to please priests and nobles?
A They were afraid of being sacrificed to the gods.
B They believed priests and nobles could communicate with the gods.
C They believed priests and nobles were gods in human form.
D They depended on priests and nobles to supply them with food.
Why did the Aztecs settle in the Valley of Mexico?
A They wanted to take over abandoned Mayan cities.
B The area was located near a major river system.
C The valley had a warmer climate than the Mayan lowlands.
D Surrounding volcanoes created fertile soil in the valley.
What are chinampas?
A artificial islands used for farming
B crops grown by Aztec farmers
C birds sacred to the Aztec people
D walls built to hold back flood waters
The majority of Aztecs belonged to what social class?
A nobles
B commoners
C slaves
D priests
Why did the Aztecs engage in human sacrifice?
A to punish people who broke the law
B to keep their chief god strong
C to determine who would be the next emperor
D to punish their enemies who also engaged in human sacrifice
A to punish people who broke the law
B to keep their chief god strong
C to determine who would be the next emperor
D to punish their enemies who also engaged in human sacrifice
The Aztecs build aqueducts in order to
A please their gods.
B supply Tenochtitlan with fresh water.
C move trade goods.
D connect Tenochtitlan to the lakeshore.
Why did the Incas build terraces?
A to improve travel and communication through the empire
B to allow them to build homes on the sides of mountains
C to make it easier to climb high mountains
D to increase the amount of fertile farmland
What was the mita system?
A a practice of paying taxes through labor
B a method of record keeping
C a network of royal messengers
D a rigid social hierarchy
The Incas used quipus to
A preserve their history.
B keep records of people and goods.
C decide when to plant crops.
D divide work among peasant families.
What is considered the greatest example of Incan engineering?
A the chinampas
B the road network
C the ayllu system
D the food storehouses
What event marked the start of the downfall of the Incan Empire?
A A drought made it impossible to feed all the people of the empire.
B Two sons of the emperor fought a civil war for control of the empire.
C Spanish conquerors arrived and took control of the Incan capital.
D A volcano wiped out the majority of the population in Incan cities.
