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WorksheetsMesoAmerica Quiz 2.0
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 30mins
This civilization was considered the "mother culture" for the civilizations that came after it.
The Aztec
The Olmecs
The Maya
The Inca
This game was a popular sport across Mesoamerica. (a)
This bean was used as money/currency and also for a sweet treat.
Lima bean
Kidney bean
Cacao bean
Pinto bean
Jade
Green mineral stone used for carvings and jewelry
Obsidian
Volcanic glass/Black
Tribute
Payment made by one country to another
Maize
a type of corn grown by Mesoamerican civilizations
Who were the Maya strongly influence by?
North Americans
The Olmec
Europeans
The Aztecs
The ball used in the ball game was made of
Twigs
Marbles
Stones
Rubber
What did the Olmecs use to track days?
Calendar
Watch
Dirt
Sun dial
The word "meso" means
Table
Third
American
Middle
What is the volcanic rock the stone heads are made from?
Basalt
Bastille
Bar-Be-Que
Obsidian
What was the name of one of the most important gods worshiped by the Olmec?
The Lion God
The Jaguar God
The Leopard God
The Cheetah God
Which pyramids, built by the Aztecs, can be found in Teotihuacan?
The pyramid of the Moon
The pyramid of Giza
The pyramid of Mars
The pyramid of the Sun
What type of government did the Olmecs have?
Republic
Absolutism
Imperialism
Socialism
What TWO (2) contributions did the Mayans make to the modern world?
Hieroglyphics
Pueblo villages
Floating gardens
Math and the number zero
Cities of gold
What was the Mayan religion like?
They believed in one god
They believed in many gods (polytheistic)
They didn't believe in any gods
They didn't believe in animal or human sacrifices
How did the Mayan civilization end?
A neighboring tribe conquered them
They were captured by Portuguese sailors
Cortés conquered them
They abandoned their cities and disappeared
What was true about the Mayan calendar?
The calendar wasn't accurate
The Mayans were not concerned about dates
The Mayans used the wrong stars to calculate their calendar
The calendar had 365 days
How did the first Americans possibly get to America?
They crossed a land bridge from Asia to America
They swam across the Bering Strait
They rode wooly mammoths over the ice
They built a bridge across the water
What was the main crop for the Maya people?
Beans
Squash
Corn
Chili peppers
How did the Mayan people communicate?
They used hieroglyphics
They used sign language
They only used oral language and story telling
Each city-state spoke its own language
Which of the following best describes a benefit of settling on the Yucatan Peninsula for the Maya?
The mountains there provided protection from invaders.
The desert there provided protection from invaders.
The large rivers flowing through it allowed for easy trade.
The thick jungle provided protection from invaders.
Chopping down and burning the vegetation then burning it to clear and fertilize a field for planting is called:
Axl & Slash Farming
Slice & Dice Farming
Singe & Burn Farming
Slash & Burn Farming
What role did Mayan kings have in their city-states?
They kept the gods angry to keep away rain and good harvests.
They were in charge of planting and harvesting crops.
They kept the gods happy to insure rain and good harvests.
They decided who could wear feathers and who could not.
Population outgrew area to farm
Warfare from outside
Severe drought
All of the above
Identify the Mayan Empire on the map.
Identify the Inca Empire on the map.
Identify the Aztec Empire on the map.
The lowest group of the Maya and Aztec social ladder were:
Farmers
Slaves
Artisians
Warriors
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
We know the Aztec were ____ because they worshipped over 1,000 gods.
monotheistic
polytheistic
Muslim
Beliebers (fans of Justin Bieber)
What was one reason the Aztec became weak?
they demanded high tributes that city-states couldn't and wouldn't pay
the chinampas fell apart
too much money was spent on the Templo Mayor
all of the above
Lake Texcoco
Lake of the Aztec
Land o Lakes
Lake Chapala
Hernán Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
Marc Anthony
Diego de Almagro
What does the picture on the Mexican flag represent?
The struggles between the powers of the earth and the sky
the joining of people
the strength of the Aztec armies to conquer their neighbors
a legend about how the Aztecs knew where to settle and build a great city
Who were the most powerful people in the Aztec social structure?
Prisoners of war
Kings and nobles
Farmers and slaves
Architects and traders
Why did the Aztec build stone aqueducts?
to walk to the mainland
to connect their chinampas
to carry drinking water to the city
to grow their crops on
Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?
Aztecs took their books
There was a bad fire
They didn't have a system of writing
Their history books were hidden in Machu Picchu
Pizarro
the gods
Cortés
Montezuma
What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?
Chinampas
Irrigation
Aqueducts
Terrace Farming
The piece of architectural seen here is named:
step pyramids
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
Quechua
What might happen to the losing team of an Ancient Mayan ball game?
They might be sacrificed to the gods.
They might be sent to Maya prison.
They might be given a second place ribbon.
They would get a do-over.
How did the Maya communicate with their gods?
Neon signs
Via the pony express
Through bloodletting/blood offering and human sacrifice
Smoke signals
What inference can we make about the Olmecs based on these colossal heads?
They had advanced technology like tools, for example.
They were not very skilled at carving sculptures.
They were monotheistic.
They had a strict social hierarchy.
What is the native word for corn?
codex
obsidian
maize
Mesoamerican
Draw an Olmec Giant Head to the best of your ability.
Reorder the following Aztec Social Classes from highest to lowest
Emperor
Warriors and Priests
Merchants and Crafts people
Farmers
Slaves
Mayas
Incas
Aztecs
Olmec
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
At first the Aztecs were nomadic. What does it mean to be nomadic?
living in a settled civilization
moving around from place to place, often in search of food
being a great warrior
traveling through time using magical time-traveling pyramids
What were the Aztecs best known for?
their religion
being fearsome warriors
their beautiful clothes
their dancing
In Aztec culture, after a human sacrifice, what bone was removed?
(a)
