Mayan, Aztec & Inca Test

1. What was the Maya base-20 number system?

• A. A number system in which 20 sticks and stones were used.

• B. A number system made-up of bars, dots and shells

• C. It was the 20 cities within the civilization

• D. The 20 leaders of the civilization

2. What would they carve their phonetic symbols onto in order order to record their history?

• A. Chocolate

• B. Rotating crops

• C. The wheel

• D. The use of the number "0"

3. The Mayan civilization discovered or invented all of the following except:

• The wheel

• chocolate

• rotating crops

• number 0

4. What did the Mayans use as a guide while creating their complex calendar?

• stars

• moon

• grass

• water

6. What farming methods did the Mayan use?

• A. Slash and burn methods

• B. Planted in sections

• C. Grew their crops on the sides of the mountains

• D. Burned excess crops

7. What do historians believe caused the fall of the Mayan civilization?

• A. An asteroid hit them

• B. Incas took over them

• C. The Spanish Conquistadors invaded their land

• D. They caused the fall themselves by using all of their resources

 What was NOT a reason Mayan masks were worn.

• death

• celebration

• battle

• school

9. Who was the final ruler of the Aztecs?

• A. Montezuma

• B. Tenochtitlan

• C. Inca

• D. Cortez

10. What one part of the Aztec religion?

• A. Prayed to one god

• B. Human sacrifices were used to make the gods happy

• C. Montezuma was their god

• D. They prayed to Tenochtitlan

12. What was the fall of the Aztec civilization?

• The Spanish and smallpox

• they died off

• Francisco Pizarro

• starvation