Chapter 13

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100

Along with the Parana' what is South America's other major river system?

a. Isthmus

b. Amazon

c. Yucatan

b. Amazon

200

Which of the following is common to Mesoamerica's tropical lowlands?

a. Mountains

b. rivers

c. jungles

c. jungles

300

What MesoAmerican civilization built the cities of San Lorenzo and La Venta?

a. Olmec

b. Maya

c. Aztec

d. Inca

a. Olmec

400

Which group was at the bottom of Mayan class system?

a. merchants

b. peasants

c. slaves

c. slaves

500

What symbol did Mayans use in their written language?

a. steles

b. glyphs

c. numerals

b. glyphs

2

100

What are illustrated books created by the Aztec called?

a. steles

b. glyphs

c. codices

c. codices

200

About how many people lived in the Aztec Empire at its peak?

a. 300 thousand

b. 1 million

c. 12 million

c. 12 million

300

Other than horses, metal armor, and steel weapons what helped the Spanish defeat the Inca?

a. planning

b. Supplies

c. deadly diseases

 c. deadly diseases

400

What Southwestern Native American group developed extensive irrigation systems?

a. Anasazi

b. Hohokam

c. Haida

b. Hohokam

500

What animal was hunted by most of the Native American societies of the Great Plains?

a. horses

b. buffalo

c. deer

b. buffalo

3

100

What type of climate does most of MesoAmerica have?

a. tropical

b. dry

c. mild

a. tropical

200

What elevation is best for growing corn and coffee in MesoAmerica?

a. sea level to 1000 ft

b. 3 to 6 thousand feet

c. 6-10 thousand feet

b. 3 to 6 thousand feet

300

For which purpose did the Maya use their calendar system?

a. set dates

b. identify when to plant and harvest

c. to identify which crops to grow

b. identify when to plant and harvest

400

Which class had the most power in Mayan Society?

a. nobility

b. ruling

c. Slaves

b. ruling

500

When did the Aztecs begin building Tenochtitlan?

a. 1100

b. 1325

c. 1438

b. 1325

4

100

Who was the last Aztec emperor

a. Cortes

b. Montezuma II

c. Atahualpe

b. Montezuma II

200

Pizzaro and Cortes came from which country?

a. England

b. Peru

c. Spain

c. Spain

300

By what year had the Anasazi culture begin?

a. 300 b.c. 

b. A.D. 400

c. A.D. 750

b. A.D. 400

400

What Native American society celebrated important occasions by giving away their possessions?

a. The Haida

b. Aztecs

c. Cherokee

a. The Haida

500

Why was communication across the empire more difficult for the Inca than the Aztec or Maya?

a. Inca empire was spread across thousands of miles

b. Inca's lacked technology

c. Inca's did not have horses

a. Inca empire was spread across thousands of miles