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Mesoamerica

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Chichen Itza

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Cuzco

2.

What were the Mayan floating gardens called?

a)

Chinampas

b)

Terraces

c)

Polders

d)

Aqueducts

3.

Which civilization was concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras?

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Olmec

d)

Aztec

4.

Which powerful post-classic state in Central Mexico influenced much of Mesoamerica?

a)

Toltecs

b)

Zapotecs

c)

Mixtecs

d)

Tarascans

5.

Which civilization is also known as Mexica and created a powerful empire in Central Mexico?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Mayans

c)

Incas

d)

Olmecs

6.

Which civilization was located on the north coast of Peru?

a)

Moche

b)

Nazca

c)

Chavin

d)

Wari

7.

What was the name of the capital city and empire centered on the region near Lake Titicaca in modern Bolivia?

a)

Tiwanaku

b)

Cuzco

c)

Tikal

d)

Tula

8.

Which Andean civilization was culturally linked to Tiwanaku?

a)

Wari

b)

Chimu

c)

Moche

d)

Nazca

9.

Which powerful civilization, also called the Kingdom of Chimor, developed on the northern coast of Peru?

a)

Chimú

b)

Inca

c)

Nazca

d)

Moche

10.

Who was the Aztec god of war and of the sun?

a)

Huitzilopochtli

b)

Quetzalcoatl

c)

Tlaloc

d)

Tezcatlipoca

11.

What was the system on which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor?

a)

Tribute System

b)

Feudal System

c)

Barter System

d)

Caste System

12.

What was the group of up to a hundred families that served as a social building block of an altepetl?

a)

Calpolli

b)

Ayllu

c)

Clan

d)

Tribe

13.

What is the local, ethnically based political entity normally translated as 'city-state' in English?

a)

Altepetl

b)

Polis

c)

Nomos

d)

Satrapy

14.

Which early civilization included Mexico and Central America and was based on sedentary agriculture and the cultivation of corn and food production?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Indus Valley

d)

Nile Valley

15.

What is the farming technique called where trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land?

a)

Crop Rotation

b)

Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

c)

Terrace Farming

d)

Hydroponics

16.

What are symbolic pictures used as part of a writing system for carving messages in stone called?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Glyphs

c)

Pictographs

d)

Ideograms

17.

Which alliance (Texoco, Tlacopon, Aztecs) made the Aztecs a leading power in the Valley of Mexico?

a)

Triple Entente

b)

Triple Alliance

c)

Triple Pact

d)

Triple Coalition

18.

Who were the Spanish conquerors that invaded the Aztecs?

a)

Conquistadores

b)

Explorers

c)

Colonizers

d)

Settlers

19.

What are fig-bark books rich in mythological and astronomical information called?

a)

Manuscripts

b)

Codices

c)

Scrolls

d)

Tablets

20.

What was the system of runners who acted as a kind of postal service called?

a)

Messengers

b)

Chasquis

c)

Couriers

d)

Dispatchers

21.

What is a small community or family group whose members worked together for the common good called?

a)

Clan

b)

Tribe

c)

Ayllu

d)

Commune

22.

Who were the members of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru?

a)

Mayans

b)

Incas

c)

Aztecs

d)

Olmecs

23.

What is a vertical monument that contained writing or pictures to commemorate or record something called?

a)

Obelisk

b)

Stele

c)

Pillar

d)

Column

24.

What was the capital of the Incan empire?

a)

Lima

b)

Quito

c)

Cuzco

d)

Machu Picchu

25.

What is the payment that conquered peoples may be forced to pay their conquerors called?

a)

Tax

b)

Tribute

c)

Levy

d)

Duty

26.

Which culture thrived in the Andes region from 900 B.C. to 200 B.C.?

a)

Nazca

b)

Cavin

c)

Moche

d)

Tiwanaku

27.

Which culture thrived in the Andean region from about 200 B.C. to 600 A.D.?

a)

Moche

b)

Tiwanaku

c)

Nazca

d)

Wari

28.

What are knotted strings used by Incan officials for record keeping called?

a)

Abacus

b)

Quipu

c)

Tally Sticks

d)

Bead Strings

29.

What is the name of the peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Baja California

b)

Yucatan Peninsula

c)

Florida Peninsula

d)

Nicoya Peninsula

30.

What was an early form of corn grown by Mesoamericans?

a)

Cacao

b)

Alluvial Soil

c)

Maize

d)

Adobe

31.

These were chocolate beans that sometimes served as currency?

a)

Maize

b)

Cacao

c)

Adobe

d)

Alluvial Soil

32.

What is rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water called?

a)

Adobe

b)

Alluvial Soil

c)

Maize

d)

Cacao

33.

Who was the king that ruled the Mayan city of Palenque for nearly 70 years?

a)

Pachacuti

b)

Pacal II

c)

Popol Vuh

d)

Mira

34.

What is the name of the famous Mayan book about their belief in the creation of the Earth?

a)

Machu Picchu

b)

Popol Vuh

c)

Chichen Itza

d)

Adobe

35.

Who was the powerful and ambitious ruler who conquered Peru?

a)

Pacal II

b)

Pachacuti

c)

Mira

d)

Popol Vuh

36.

What was the labor tribute that required able-bodied citizens to work for the state for a certain number of years?

a)

Cacao

b)

Mira

c)

Adobe

d)

Alluvial Soil

37.

Which Mayan city located on the Yucatan Peninsula had two cenotes that served as the only source of water in the region?

a)

Machu Picchu

b)

Chichen Itza

c)

Pacal II

d)

Popol Vuh

38.

What are bricks made out of wet mud and clay then dried to build buildings called?

a)

Alluvial Soil

b)

Adobe

c)

Maize

d)

Cacao

39.

What is the lost city of the Incas known for its advanced housing and road system?

a)

Chichen Itza

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Pacal II

d)

Popol Vuh