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WorksheetsMesoamerica (2025)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
1) All Mesoamerican civilizations believed in many gods. What is this called?
Monotheism
Polytheism
2) What civilization made giant heads that represented their rulers?
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Inca
3) What crop was sacred to the Mayans? They even had a god for this crop!
Sweet Potatoes
Soybeans
Maize / Corn
4) What happened to the losers of the popular hoop and ball game called Pok-ta-Pok?
They had to move out of the civilization
They became a human sacrifice to the gods
Nothing happened to them.
5) The Mayans grew something called a cacao bean. What could that be made into?
chocolate
bread
tea
6) In the Aztec origin story, they were told to settle in the place where they saw what?
A duck standing on one leg on a rock
A pelican on one foot with a fish in its mouth
An eagle on a cactus holding a live snake in its mouth
7) What was unique about where the Aztecs built their capital city?
it was on a lake
it was in a valley
it was in a desert
8) Which civilization is considered to be the first in the Americas?
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Inca
9) What is terrace farming?
cutting down crops and burning them
building level steps into the sides of mountains
building canals and dams
10) Why did all the Mesoamerican civilizations do human sacrifices?
because they needed to feed the jaguar
because they were interested in how the body works
because they believed it's what the gods wanted
11) What civilization is located in South America?
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Inca
12) The Incas were located right by the Andes mountains, what animal did they use for both food and transportation around this area?
llamas
chickens
wild pigs
