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- 1. Multiple Choice
What group of people did the giant stone heads belong to?
Mexica
Aztec
Olmec
Maya
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where were the advanced agriculturists and city-states located?
Yucatan
Peru
Machu Pichu
California
- 3. Multiple Choice
Name one strategy of agriculture that was used in the Yucatan?
microcropping
genetic modifications
garden harvesting
intercropping or reservoirs
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why did the Mayan civilization disappear in 869?
The Spanish came looking for gold and riches
Smallpox killed off the population
We don't know!
The Aztecs conquered them
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which civilization was located around Lake Texcoco?
the Aztec civilization
the Mayan civilization
the Inca civilization
the Chumash civilization
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the unusual activity kids learned in school under the Aztecs?
karate
fighting
the pledge of allegiance
technology
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the central city of the Incas?
Teotihuacan
Rio De Janiero
Cuzco, Peru
San Diego
- 8. Multiple Choice
What did the Incas use to link the various tribes?
the internet
money
roads
cellular phone technology
- 9. Multiple Choice
What city was known as the city of the clouds?
Los Angeles
Bolivia
North America
Machu Picchu
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to the Flocabulary song, how were the views at Machu Picchu?
scary
astonishing
ugly
unusual
- 11. Multiple Choice
Many historians believe that people first came to the Americas by crossing the ________.
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Bering Strait
Rocky Mountains
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which civilization is considered the "Mother Culture" of early Central America?
the Olmec
the Inca
the Maya
the Aztec
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where did the Mayan civilization develop?
in what is now Ecuador
in what is now Mexico City
in the Andes Mountains
in the Yucatan Peninsula
- 14. Multiple Choice
Tikal was ________.
an Incan city in the Andes
the first place the Spanish invaded
an ancient Mayan city
a floating garden
- 15. Multiple Choice
Tenochtitlan was ________.
a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City
an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain
the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered
a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which kingdom was the biggest in the Americas, based in the Andes Mountains of Peru?
the Olmec
the Inca
the Maya
the Aztec
- 17. Multiple Choice
What do historians think Machu Picchu was mostly likely used for?
a school
a sacrificial altar
a marketplace
an astronomic observatory
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a false statement?
The Aztecs performed human sacrifice.
Nobody knows why the Aztec civilization disappeared in 869.
Aztec children attended school.
The Aztec people held slaves.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a false statement?
The ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu was destroyed by the Spanish
The Incan city of Machu Picchu was built on a 9,000-foot mountain top.
The Incan kingdom contained over 20,000 miles of roads.
The Incas built aqueducts.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The losers of the Mayan ball games were ________.
forced into slavery
killed in a ritual
exiled from the kingdom
shunned for a year
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