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WorksheetsWeek 14 - Ancient Civilizations
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
What are some ways that we learn about the native people of the Americas?
by studying ancient artifacts such as tools, weapons, artwork, and skeletons
by studying areas of land such as campsites and ancient ruins
by studying early accounts/written documentation left by Spanish explorers
by talking to the chiefs and emperors of the time
Which civilization is colored yellow?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Mississippian
Which civilization is colored red?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Mississippian
Which civilization is colored pink?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Mississippian
Which civilization is colored purple?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Mississippian
In the Mayan society, what is level 1?
war captives and enslaved people
farmers, merchants, and laborers
ruler
artists and architects
governors
In the Mayan society, what is level 2?
war captives and enslaved people
farmers, merchants, and laborers
ruler
artists and architects
governors
In the Mayan society, what is level 3?
war captives and enslaved people
farmers, merchants, and laborers
ruler
artists and architects
governors
In the Mayan society, what is level 4?
war captives and enslaved people
farmers, merchants, and laborers
ruler
artists and architects
governors
In the Mayan society, what is level 5?
war captives and enslaved people
farmers, merchants, and laborers
ruler
artists and architects
governors
Which civilization is this image associated with?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Mississippian
Which civilization is this image associated with?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Mississippian
Early Civilizations in the Western Hemisphere had very little technology.
True
False
The Aztec used ____________ as their primary currency.
cacao beans
shell beads
gold dust
silver coins
It takes the moon 29.53059 days for the moon to orbit the Earth. The Maya measured the moon’s orbit to 29.5308 days. What does this show?
The Maya worshipped the moon.
The Maya were excellent architects.
The Maya had a strong legal system.
The Maya had advanced mathematics.
Why have archaeologists found Mississippian artifacts far away from their villages?
Mississippians migrated often.
Other groups conquered them.
Mississippians often traded with other groups.
They sent groups to settle new areas.
Cause: The Inca lived in mountains with steep sides.
Effect: _______________________
They used crop rotation.
They used terraced farming.
They planted crops on floodplains
They created chinampas for farming.
Historians, scientists, and archaeologists agree about how people first came to the Americas.
True
False
Ancient people native to Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras from 1800 B.C.E to 900 C.E.
Aztec
Maya
Mississippian
Inca
Ancient people who lived in central Mexico around 1200 CE. They had a social hierarchy of nobles, commoners, serfs, and enslaved people.
Aztec
Maya
Mississippian
Inca
Ancient people of South America before the Spanish conquest (1400 C.E. - 1533 C.E.) with living descendants in the central Andes Region.
Aztec
Maya
Mississippian
Inca
Ancient people who settled in places all over the eastern half of the United States from 100 to 1700 C.E. Also known as “Mound Builders”.
Aztec
Maya
Mississippian
Inca
Ruler of an ancient civilization, empire or monarch. The Aztec empire had one
emperor
quipas
census
crops
a government count of people
emperor
quipas
census
crops
system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
hierarchy
quipas
census
civilization
a plant that can be grown and harvested for profit
hierarchy
quipas
crops
civilization
Aztec’s capital city. It is now known as Mexico City.
Tahuantinsuyu
Cahokia
Mesoamerica
Technochtitlan
large Mississippian settlement in Illinois
Tahuantinsuyu
Cahokia
Mesoamerica
Tenochtitlan
name for Incan empire which translates to “four quarters''
Tahuantinsuyu
Cahokia
Mesoamerica
Tenochtitlan
the area located in central Mexico down though Central America including the countries that are now Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador
Tahuantinsuyu
Cahokia
Mesoamerica
Tenochtitlan
Supreme ruler of Inca Empire
Tahuantinsuyu
Sapa Inca
civilization
quipas
a form of record keeping using knotted strings tied together
Tahuantinsuyu
Sapa Inca
civilization
quipas
a group of people with their own languages, government, and way of life
Tahuantinsuyu
hierarchy
civilization
quipas
