Mesoamerica Review

How did the first people get to the Americas? Probably...

• Came across the Bering Strait or followed the coastlines by boat (Sea Migration Theory)

• Traveled north across the Isthmus of Panama

• Sailed across the Caribbean Sea

• Came from Europe

The Andes Mountains made a large impact on which Mesoamerican civilization?

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

Which two civilizations developed around 1200-1000 BC in Mesoamerica and traded many ideas between the two?

• Olmec and Maya

• Olmec and Inca

• Inca and Seminole

• Aztec and Inca

How were the Aztecs able to grow their empire beyond the land surrounding Lake Texcoco?

• Trade

• War/Conquest

• Diplomacy

• Maize

What did the Incas do in order to connect their empire?

• Increased trade with the Spanish and Chinese

• They built 15,000 miles of roads

• Created the first form of democracy in the Western Hemisphere

• Made their currency all the same

When the Aztecs conquered new groups, how did they treat them?

• They forced them to pay tributes in the form of cotton, food, and gold

• They made them slaves

• They sacrificed them

• They allowed them to rule themselves

• They forced them to move into South America with the Inca

What crop was domesticated by the Mesoamericans and would eventually become a "Supercrop"

• Maize

• Spinach

• Broccoli

• Rice