North and South American Civilizations

1. Where were the first civilizations located in North and South America?

• Mesoamerica
• North Carolina
• North America
• Africa

2. In Mayan society, who determined when crops should be planted?

• King
• Priests
• Merchants
• Farmers

3. What did the Maya people believe about their king?

• When the crops failed, he should be sacrificed to the gods
• He must obey the instructions of the priests
• He was a great warrior
• He was descended from the gods

4. In the Maya writing system, what were the symbolic pictures called?

• Glyphs
• Codices
• Stelae
• Scribes

5. What is the Aztec city Tenochtitlan, known as present day?

• Mexico City
• Brazil
• South America
• Peru

6. Why were religious sacrifices important to the Aztec?

• They believed they allowed the emperor to live forever
• They believed they protected their ancestors in the afterlife
• They believed they were needed to nourish the sun
• The sacrifices were a way of paying tribute to their emperor

7. What was important about the city of Teotihuacan?

• It was the first city that the Spanish conquered
• The Aztec believed the gods were born there
• It was the largest trading center
• It was positioned at the center of the empire

8. What did the Inca build to makeup for the lack of flat farmland?

• Aqueducts
• Complex irrigation systems
• Bridges built of wood, stone and thick rope
• Terraces

9. Which task was given to administrators in the Inca Empire?

• Overseeing provincial governors
• Keeping detailed records
• Supervising ten families each
• Farming

10. Why didn't the Northwest Coast tribes farm?

• The region provided so much food and other resources that there was no need to farm
• The amount of rainfall in the region made farming impossible
• Thick forests took up all the good farmland
• They never developed the complex irrigation systems that were needed