Aztec, Maya, Inca

1.  What was developed as a result of the Mayan study of the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and planets?

• a.  horoscope
• b.       calendar
• c.       special type of corn
• d.      an accurate road system

1.  Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the Aztecs got more land for farming? 

• a.  Floating gardens
• b.       Traded goods for land
• c.  Carved terraces into hillsides

1.  A _____________ is a culture with organized systems of government, religion, and learning? 

• a. community
• b. village
• c. empire
• d. civilization

When did the Mayan civilization began to decline?

• a. around 750
• b. around 1750
• c. around 1950
• d. around 1900

The Maya settled in present-day _________________.

• a. Canada
• b. New York
• c. Mexico

1.  What was the effect of the Mayan success in farming?

• a. They grew a surplus of food
• b.They gave the food away to the homeless
• c They started to develop disease from their crops

What does Tenochititian means? 

• a. Little town
• b. near the cactus
• c. follow the eagle

Just as the Mayan, the Aztec worshiped many ____________________.

• a. gods
• b. churches
• c. preachers

The Maya were such successful farmers that they began to grow a ____________________, or more food than they needed to feed their own families.

• a. floating garden
• b. terrace
• c. crop
• d. surplus

What was the capital of the Incan empire?

• a. Cuzco
• b. Peru
• c. Mexico
• d. South America