Mesoamerica Test Review

Which of the following was not a civilization in Mesoamerica?

• Aztec

• Navajo

• Inca

• Maya

How would you describe the religion of the Mesoamerica civilizations?

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• they had no gods

Lived in Mexico and Mesoamerica (Middle America):

• Olmec

• Maya

• Both

These crops were grown in the lowland region of Mesoamerica

• cacao

• avocado

• palm

• all of the above

Type of corn that was used by Native Americans throughout Mesoamerica and the Americas?

• corn

• potatoes

• maize

• turnips

Mesoamerica means

• North America

• South America

• ¨Middle/Central¨ America (meso is Greek for “middle” or “intermediate”)

• none of the above

Earliest major Mesoamerican culture

• Olmec
• Inca
• Maya
• Amazon

Which Mesoamerican civilization came first?

• Inca

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Maya

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

• in what is now Ecuador

• in what is now Mexico City

• in the Andes Mountains

• in the Yucatan Peninsula

Native Americans who ruled Mexico and area before the Spanish conquered it. Built an empire around Tenochtitlan.

• Aztec
• Maya
• Inca
• Olmec