Mini Assessment - The Americas

Based on this illustration, which statement about the Inca Empire is accurate?

• Inca women sold the agricultural products of the empire.

• Hunting and gathering was the main source of food for the Inca.

• The Inca used hand-written documents to record each harvest.

• The Inca developed technology to adapt to their surroundings.

Incan farmers adapted to their environment by growing food in which of the following?

• Flooded rice paddies

• Terraced fields

• Clear-cut rain forests

• Expansive plantations

What was a key reason the Incas were able to control their large empire?

• outlawed human sacrifice

• formed a democratic government

• built a road system to connect distant areas and move armies

• promoted education programs teaching their subjects about loyalty

Which of the following most accurately describes the political structure of the Maya from 600 C.E. to 900 C.E.?

• Numerous independent, warring city-states

• A highly centralized, aggressively expansionist empire

• Several weak vassal kingdoms under Aztec domination

• Sparsely populated religious administrative centers

What did the Aztecs do to achieve the degree of development shown in the image above?

• Invent wheeled vehicles to move construction materials

• Use domesticated animals to assist in agriculture

• Establish an organized government and a specialized work force

• Adopt advanced engineering techniques diffused from European cultures

What is a similarity between the Incan and the Aztec empires?

• Both were descended from the Maya peoples.

• Both destroyed prior civilizations in their drive to conquer new territory.

• Both used innovative techniques to dramatically increase agricultural production.

• Both used their political dominance to suppress the existing religious practices of conquered peoples.

Which phrase best completes this graphic organizer?

• Reliance on camel caravans

• Maintenance of a large naval fleet

• Establishment of a national library

• Building thousands of miles of roads

What geographic feature had the greatest influence of the pre-Columbian development of the Inca Empire?

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Caribbean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Andes Mountains

What kind of economy did the Spanish find when they arrived in Tenochtitlán?

• Localized products that came strictly from regional farms

• A trading empire that spread across a large geographic area.

• Goods that were solely from a coastal environment.

. How did the arrival of the Spanish lead to the destruction of the Inca Empire?

• The Spanish encouraged the Inca to invade Teotihuacán

• The Spanish brought a massive army to conquer the capital city.

• The Spanish enlisted the help of the Maya to destroy the Inca.

• The Spanish brought diseases for which the Inca had no immunity.