Mesoamerican Civilizations Quiz

Empire on the western coast of South America

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Western

Civilization that existed on the Yucatan Peninsula

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

• Aztec

The Aztec Empire was located in ____ Mexico

• North

• South

• Central

• Western

Method used by Mesoamerican cultures to clear land for farming.

• Flooding

• Slash and Burn

• Cutting

• Hunting

Chichen Itza important city of the ____ Empire

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Spanish

Tenochtitlan was important city of the ____ empire

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Olmec

Yucatan Peninsula sticks out into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; has parts of Mexico, Belize, and ____

• Guatemala

• Yucatan

• Montezuma

• Chichen Itza

Machu Picchu is the “lost city” of the ____ empire

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Spanish

The Andes Mountain range runs along South America’s ____ side

• North

• South

• Central

• Western

Man-made islands Aztecs built for farming in the swamps

• Rope

• Central

• Chinampa

• Western