Mesoamerica Test

What type of farming did the Mayans use?

• Terraced farming

• Slash and burn farming

• Chinampas or floating gardens

• Circular crop formations

Where was the Inca civilization located?

• Great Lakes Region

• Valley of Mexico

• Andes Mountains (Peru)

• Yucatan Peninsula

What was one of the primary religious practices of the Aztecs?

• Human sacrifice to honor the gods

• Praying to only one god

• Religious festivals to honor the gods

• Pilgrimage to the capital city

Due to the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs built ____________.

• causeways

• chinampas

• the ball court

• Chichenitza

What was the quipu used for?

• Fishing

• Climbing

• Running

• Counting

Which of the following was developed by the Mayas?

• Creation of metal tools

• Domestication of horses and oxen

• Invention of the wheel

• Development of the concept of zero

The Mesoamericans used __________ to farm the rainforest.

• Contour plowing

• Silt Fences

• Slash-and-burn agriculture

• Crop Rotation

What form of writing was used by the Mayans?

• Glyphs

• Cuneiform

• Demotic

• Stela

Incan architects and engineers are famous for building:

• Thousands of miles of roads to connect the empire.

• Stone bridges crossing deep mountain gorges.

• Aqueducts to carry water from distant lakes.

• Deep mountain wells used to irrigate crops.

Both the Incas and Aztecs were conquered by ________________.

• English Armada

• Spanish Conquistadors

• Christopher Columbus

• Yellow Fever