Mesoamerica Quiz Study Guide

The Spanish Conquistadors forced Christianity on the Aztec and Inca people.

• True

• False

Most people sacrificed by the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan were prisoners of war?

• True

• False

Farming of maize (corn ) began in the region called Mesoamerica, probably by the Olmec?

• True

• False

The Inca’s homeland was in the Andes mountain range in present day Peru?

• True

• False

Broad platforms used for farming, cut into mountains.

• terraces

• Machu Picchu

• Sapa Inca (Inca Emperor)

• Hernan Cortez

• Fransico Pizzaro

descendant of the Inca sun god.

• terraces

• Machu Picchu

• Sapa Inca (Inca Emperor)

• Hernan Cortez

• Fransico Pizzaro

Religious center of the Inca.

• terraces

• Machu Picchu

• Sapa Inca (Inca Emperor)

• Hernan Cortez

• Fransico Pizzaro

Conquered the Inca Civilization in 1531-1535.

• terraces

• Machu Picchu

• Sapa Inca (Inca Emperor)

• Hernan Cortez

• Fransico Pizzaro

Conquered the Aztec Civilization in 1519-1521.

• terraces

• Machu Picchu

• Sapa Inca (Inca Emperor)

• Hernan Cortez

• Fransico Pizzaro

Which civilization built stone-paved roads and bridges over and through the mountains?

• Inca

• Maya

• Aztec