The famous city Machu Picchu was a royal retreat for which civilization?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which civilization focused on blood-letting to feed the gods?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How were Maya, Aztec, and Inca religions similar?
They all believed in human sacrifice
They all were polytheistic.
They all built religious temples.
All answers are correct.
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Maya and Aztec civilizations are known for their
flat-topped pyramids
human sacrifices
religous rituals
All answers are correct
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which civilization is known for deforming their skulls to resemble the Puma cat?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are correct.
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which group mummified their leaders in order to preserve their bodies for the afterlife?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are correct
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Maya, Aztec, and Inca all performed ____________ to have a productive economy.
farming
trade
terrace farming
vertical economy
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which group used aquaduct systems to water their crops?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are correct
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which group had no merchants, meaning no one sold or bought goods?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are correct
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The government in the _______ civilization controlled everything including jobs and collecting and redistributing goods to all the people.
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are correct
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which group used a vertical economy where the top raised animals and the bottom grew crops?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are correct
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A common factor between the Maya and Inca is
both used terrace farming
both were polytheistic
both performed religious sacrifices
All answers are correct
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Maya government was composed of
independent city-states
military government
one ruler/king
unified city-states
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Inca government was composed of
independent city-states
military government
one ruler/king
unified city-states
21. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Aztec government was composed of
All answers are correct
military government
one ruler/king
unified city-states
22. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which group used tribute and intimidation to control other tribes and people around them?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are
23. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Aztec civilization?
unified city-states
military king
collected tribute from other tribes
All answers are correct
24. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is a similarity between the Aztec and Inca civilization?
They both had independent city-states.
They both used intimidation and collected tribute from neighboring tribes.
They both had unified empires under one king
All answers are correct.
25. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a Maya contribution?
chinampas (floating farming islands )
First to use the zero
HAM
365 day calendar
26. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What does H.A.M. stand for?
hieroglyphics, astronomy, mathematics
hierarchy, army, military
honor, agriculture, money
home, anything, movement
27. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The game the Mayas played where the losing team was sacrificed
Football
Basketball
Pok-A-Tok
Olympics
28. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which civilization travelled using boats on canal waterways and farmed on floating islands?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All answers are correct
29. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which is NOT an Inca characteristic?
road system
no written language
masonry
All answers are correct
30. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How did Incas keep records?
hieroglyphics
quipus (tying knots in rope)
carving in stone
wrote in books
31. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How did the Mayan civilization disappear?
disease
Spanish conquest
famine
unknown
32. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How did the Aztec civilization disappear?
Hernan Cortes
Spanish conquest
disease
All answers are correct
33. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How did the Inca civilization disappear?
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquest
disease
All answers are correct
34. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which Spanish explorer led to the defeat of the Aztecs?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
35. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which Spanish explorer led to the defeat of the Incas?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
36. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
What does the term "mesoamerican" mean?
Middle Passage
Middle America, between North and South America
Middle America, including states like Texas and Oklahoma
Messy America
37. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What two groups had two calendars, one for tracking religion and one for farming?
Maya and Aztec
Olmec and Toltec
Hopi and Zuni
Tlingit and Chinook
38. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Pueblo Bonita
Cahokia
39. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Because of the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs built
causeways.
chinampas.
irrigation canals.
terraces.
40. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What was quipu used for?
Fishing
Climbing
Running
Counting
41. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
• Cultivation of corn, tomatoes, and beans • pictorial writing system • Human sacrifices to the sun god • Accurate calendar of 365 days • Use of the number zero * Abandoned cities around year 900 AD
Aztec
Mayan
Inca
42. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
*terrace farming * quipu (knots on strings) * road system * Machu Piccu
Maya
Aztec
Inca
43. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
* Chinampas *conquered by Spanish *365 day calendar *stone temples without cement *writing
Mayan
Aztec
Inca
44. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
How did the Mayans end?
the Spaniards conquered
It is a mystery
Olmecs took their land
hurricane destroyed their civilization
45. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
How were the Aztecs able to farm?
built stone walls within the mountains to create a flat surface
alternated crops to keep the soil fertilized
used land outside of the island to grow crops
used floating gardens called chinampas that were anchored to trees
46. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Aztec emperor
Moctezuma
Pachacutti
Cortes
Mayan
47. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Which of the following did the Maya not eat?
Banana
Maize
beans
squash
48. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Why did the Mayans honor the gods?
The gods were funny
The gods played good music
The gods could help the city grow and could also destroy it
49. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Why were human sacrifices made?
too many people loved in the city
a punishment for not following the rules
to please the gods
animals were considered sacred so humans were used
50. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Why did the Mayans have two separate calendars?
1 was for religious festivals and the other was for farming
1 was for the upper class and the other was for the lower class
1 was for the day and the other was for the night
The different kings could not agree on just one calendar
51. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
What did the Aztecs do to apease their gods?
burning neighborning houses
trying to kill the leader
human sacrifice
naming your child after their god
52. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Why did Cortes conquer the Aztecs?
to have thousands of people sacrificed for the gods
to control the entire trade route
to rebel against the emperor Moctezuma
to find gold, claim land, and convert natives to Christianity
53. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
What was key to the Aztecs rise to power?
trade
land
war
gold
54. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following civilizations lived in the Andes Mountains of South America?
Incas
Aztecs
Mayans
Olmecs
55. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Name this peninsula of Mexico where pyramids were built and the Mayans once lived. The giant asteroid that may have caused a mass extinction struck off the coast of this location.
Baja
Yucatan
Sinai
Arabian Peninsula
56. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What order did the 3 civilizations occur from first to last?
Maya, Aztec, Inca
Inca, Aztec, Maya
Maya, Inca, Aztec
Aztec, Maya, Inca
57. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following was the most important use of the Mayan calendar?
Agriculture
War
School
To tell when the rent was due.
58. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which early American civilization centered its city-states entirely on the Yucatan peninsula?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Spanish
59. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What was the Maya civilization best known for?
defeat of conquistadores
written language
advanced weapons
network of roads
60. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What do Aztec, Maya, and Inca agricultural systems show about their civilizations?
relied on mechanized agricultural techniques
carried on extensive food trade with each other
adapted to their environments with new farming techniques
relied on the growth of single-crop
61. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which agricultural technique was used by the Incas?
Chinampas
Slash and burn
Terrace farming
Plantations
62. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What do both the Aztec use of the calendar and the Maya writing system show about their cultures before the arrival of the Europeans?
they traded a lot with Africa
they made many advancements
they declined because of invasion and disease
they converted others to Catholicism
63. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What religious ideas did the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas all share in common?
Christianity
Monotheism
Polytheism
Protestantism
64. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is one way in which the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations are similar?
defeated the Spanish conquistadors
developed distinct agricultural techniques
lacked strong central governments
settled primarily in and around river valleys
65. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which geographic factor had the most influence on the development of the Inca society?
monsoons
deserts
mountains
rain forests
66. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these was NOT a reason for the fall of the Maya?
famine
disease
environmental disaster
Spanish invaders
67. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What kind of environment did the Inca live in?
high mountains
desert
marshy lake
rain forest
68. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What caused most of the Aztec deaths during the Spanish invasion?
Spanish guns
Spanish iron weapons
smallpox
69. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
what is the capital of the aztec empire?
tonomitlandia
bogota
Madrid
Tenochtitlan
70. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What did Maya civilization have in common with Western civilization?