Chapter 12 Test Flashcards
How did the Incas keep records?
a. They cut them into clay tablets that were then dried in the sun.
b. They used turkey quills to write them on scrolls
c. They used a group of knotted strings called a quipu.
d. They carved them into stone.
c. They used a group of knotted strings called a quipu.
The Mayas developed a system of writing using
a. 365 characters
b. hieroglyphics
c. the same letters we use
d. stone pens
b. hieroglyphics
Besides communication, one of the main purposes of Incan roads was to
a. keep workers busy
b. remind later people of the Incas
c. use up tax money
d. allow the army to travel quickly
d. allow the army to travel quickly
The Pueblos believed in many spirits, called
a. quipus
b. pueblos
c. kachinas,
d. kivas
c. kachinas
Where was the large city of Cohakia located?
a. in what is now Illinois
b. in Mexico
c. in what is now Brazil
d. in South America
A. in what is now Illinois
To honor the gods, the Mayas held great
a. mound-building contests.
b. quipus.
c. festivals.
d. outdoor games.
c. festivals
The Incas constructed paved roads, massive walls, and mountaintop buildings out of closely fitted
a. brick
b. stone
c. adobe
d. bronze
b. stone
The Anasazi altered the environment by building
a. mounds
b. terraces
c. canals and dams
d. bridges
c. canals and dams.
Which group was at the bottom of Aztec society?
a. artisans
b. warriors
c. farmers
d. slaves
d. slaves
The five Native American tribes that were members of the Iroquois League are the :
a. Mandan, Souix, Blackfoot, Shoshone, and Omaha
b. Zuni, Hopi, Pueblo, Navajo, and Anaszi
c. Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Onandaga
d. Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Crow, and Seminole
c. Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Onandaga
Because he wore a feather in his helmet and rode a horse, many Aztecs believed that Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes was the god
a. Huitzilopochtli
b. Queztalcoatl
c. Virachocha
d. Inti Raimi
b. Queztalcoatl
Yum Kaax and Chac were important gods to this culture.
a. Aztec
b. Inca
c. Maya
d. Ancestral Puebloans
c. Maya
Where was the Mississipian culture located?
a. in the state of Mississippi
b. in the eastern United States
c. in the South and Midwest
d. in the Southwest
b. in the eastern United States
The famous site of Mayan pyramids decorated with hieroglyphs located at
a. Chichen Itza
b. Machu Picchu
c. Tenochtitlan
d. Cahokia
c. Tenochtitlan
The Aztecs gained a huge empire by
a. warring against others.
b. making treaties
c. taking empty land
d. trading peacefully
a. warring against others
