Mesoamerican Civilizations

These are the peoples of Mesoamerica that created and spread much of their culture through trade, such as grand architecture, astrology, written language, and calendars.

• The Incas

• The English

• The Greeks

• The Maya

Which people migrated from north of the Mesoamerica region around 1200 CE to replace and establish a conquest-based empire centered around the city-state of Tenochtitlan?

• Maya
• Mexica

• Incas
• Olmecs

What was the grand architectural design that is believed to have originated in Mesoamerican with the Maya people?

• Temples and Ziggurats

• Colossal Heads

• Step Pyramids

• Stone Fortresses

This was the agricultural technique used by the Mexica which featured the cultivation of raised marsh islands.

• Slash-and-burn
• Chinampas
• Terracing
• Crop rotation

This was the civilization that dominated the Andes and western coastal regions of South America from the early-13th to early-16th century.

• Mexica Civilization

• Mayan Empire

• Aztec Empire

• Inca Empire

What is the name given to the three-city military confederacy that dominated the Valley of Mexico region from the 14th to early-16th centuries?

• Mexica Confederation
• Aztec Empire

• Incan Empire

• Mayan Empire

This is the term used to describe a lower Spanish noble that was rewarded with a feudal encomienda grant upon conquest of a region or civilization in the Americas.

• Samurai

• Knight

• Peasant

• Conquistador

This was the device used by the Inca which utilized a series of knots for record keeping.

• Quipu
• Tambo
• Machu Picchu
• Sapa Inca

This was the centralized imperial capital of the Inca Empire to which many (most) Incan roads led.

• Cusco
• Quito
• Lima
• Machu Picchu

This was the leading cause of death for American Indians following the arrival of Europeans in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.

• Starvation due to crop failure
• Conflicts with other tribes
• Environmental changes affecting habitat
• Diseases brought by Europeans