Americas Test

What is the most accepted theory s to how the first people arrived in the Americas?

• Sea travelers from islands in Europe and sailed to the Americas.

• People walked across a land bridge that crossed the Bering Strait.

• People traveled over frozen seas from Northern Europe and then to North America.

• Sea travelers sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa.

What is obsidian?

• A spice used throughout the Maya civilization

• A type of seashell that the Maya used as Money

• a rare valuable tree that produces the most beautiful lumber.

• A glasslike volcanic rock traded and the Aztec used for weapons.

Where were the Maya located?

• North America

• China

• Central Mexico

• The Yucatan Peninsula and present-day Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Belize.

The Maya were famous for building

• Aqueducts

• Pyramids

• Walls

• Cars

In what way was the Maya writing system similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics?

• Only symbols of animals were used.

• They did not have symbols of sounds.

• They did not record historical events.

• They used symbols to represent both objects and sounds.

Where did the Aztec build their capital city?

• Cuzco
• Tenochtitlan
• Machu Picchu
• Chichen Itza

The Maya and the Aztec were similar in that both

• Used hieroglyphics

• Built pyramids

• Practiced human sacrifice

• All of the above

Meso means

• small or tiny
• large or big
• beginning or start
• middle

Why did Aztecs sacrifice human beings?

• To gain power and control over their enemies.
• To assert their dominance and instill fear in their subjects.
• To please the sun gods and to have a good harvest of crops.

• To obtain valuable resources and wealth.

Which of the following groups of people were the lowest class in Aztec society?

• farmers and slaves

• merchants and artisans

• priests and warriors

• slaves and warriors