Mesoamerica Section 1

Question 1

North America & s. America is joined by _______

Answer 1

Central America

Question 2

America is bordered by ______ in east and _________ in west

Answer 2

Atlantic Ocean, Gulf or mexico ; Pacific Ocean

Question 3

North America is cooler/warmer than South America

Answer 3

cooler

Question 4

Amazon river is located on the ___ part of S.America and is ________ miles long making it the ____ largest river

Answer 4

Northern ; 4000 ; 2nd

Question 5

Amazon River passes

Answer 5

Peru, Amazon Rain forest and Atlantic ocean

Question 6

What is Olmec

Answer 6

Oldest known Mesoamerican civilization, from 1200-400 BCE in S.Mexico.

Question 7

3 largest and most powerdul civilizations were

Answer 7

Maya ( central America), Aztec ( Central Mexico) and Inca in ( S.America.

Question 8

Mesoamerica is the region

Answer 8

in Mexico and Central America

Question 10

What was Toltec

Answer 10

A warrior society in Central mexico from 900-1100s they created empire

Question 11

Best known mounds were constructed

Answer 11

700-1000 by MW or SE of US

Question 12

Mound builders were called

Answer 12

Mississipians

Question 13

Mounds were still found in the

Answer 13

1500s

Question 14

Ancestral Pueblo called

Answer 14

Anasazi

Question 15

Mesas

Answer 15

houses built partially underground or top of rocky plateus

Question 16

Maya strted to settle in ______ and became more complex in ________

Answer 16

1500 BCE, 250 CE

Question 17

Mayan civilization declined in

Answer 17

900 CE

Question 18

At mayan’s height the civilization reached from

Answer 18

Yucatan Peninsula to Northern Central America

Question 19

Terrace farming

Answer 19

carving steps to land to farm more efficiently

Question 20

Mayans raised

Answer 20

Maize ( corn), turkey ( for meat and feathers), squash, beans, hot pepper and cacao beans ( for bitter drinks) and rubber

Question 21

Mayans were ________ in religion

Answer 21

Polythiestic

Question 22

Myana religous rituals included_____ and it relied on a ___ day calendar

Answer 22

Sacrifices, praying, music and ball games, 260

Question 23

Mayan did/ did not have single ruler

Answer 23

did not, each city had its own leader

Question 24

Around ______ Mayan civilaztion started to fight more and more often

Answer 24

750 CE

Question 25

Stela

Answer 25

Stone columns where records were carved

Question 26

Codex

Answer 26

book made of deer hide or paper of fig trees

Question 27

Mayan had 2 calendars

Answer 27

365 days and 260 days