Mesoamerica Quiz

Name the three civilizations that flourished in Mesoamerica and South America?

• Mexico, Canada, and Russia

• Inca, Maya, and Aztecs

• Inca, Olmecs, and Aztecs

Select the choices that BEST DESCRIBE the climate and geography of Mesoamerica. (Hint: four correct answers)

• hot

• desert

• humid

• volcano

• peninsula

A Mayan book made of animal skin or bark. Historical records were kept inside the pages.

Which social class was often captured during war and sacrificed to the gods?

• kings

• slaves

• commoners

• nobility

What do the Aztec and Mayan religions have in common: 

• monotheism
• polytheism
• atheism
• humanism

How did the Aztecs that lived in Tenochtitlan farm?

• slash and burn
• high altitude agriculture 
• with plows
• on chinampas

What peninsula did the Maya live on?

• Balkan
• Mexican
• Tenochtitlan
• Yucatan

How did the Mayans govern their society?

• they had an emperor
• they had a direct democracy
• they had an oligarchy
• they had city-states with kings

Aztec or Maya: city- state of Chichen Itza

• Aztec
• Maya

Aztec, Maya, or both: Relied on agriculture 

• Aztec
• Maya
• both