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America in the Middle Ages
What do you know about the civilizations that developed in the Americas prior to the arrival of the Europeans?
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1. In which part of America were Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) and Wari (Huari) civilizations established in Middle Ages?
South America
Central America
North America
2. What ancient pre-Columbian Native American civilization flourished in settlements along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern Eastern Woodlands from 100 BC to 500 AD?
Chimu
Anasazi
Moche
Hopewell
3. What was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas, with a population estimated at 125,000 or more?
Chacchoben
Teotihuacan
Palenque
Tulum
4. In which present US state Hohokam culture existed between 300 and 1500 AD?
Minnesota
Arizona
Louisiana
Florida
5. The Toltec culture ruled a state centered in which present country?
USA
Brazil
Mexico
Peru
6. The Toltecs were religious warriors who spread the cult of their God, Quetzalcoatl. What kind of creature was Quetzalcoatl?
Hairy dragon
Feathered serpent
Two-headed lion
Winged horse
7. What was the capital of the Toltec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
Tula
Chacchoben
Chichen Itza
8. Which explorer is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America?
Harald Hardrada
Erik the Red
Henry the Navigator
Leif Erikson
9. What was the other name for the Ancestral Puebloans, an ancient Native Americans?
Cahokia
Adena
Mogollon
Anasazi
10. What was the name of the creator god in Mayan religion?
Hunab Ku
Kukulkan
Yum Kaax
Itzamna
11. The Maya are famous for their rituals of human sacrifice. Which of these was the most valuable person to sacrifice?
Mayan king
A high priest
An enemy king
A farmer
12. Which of these modern countries is not once home to Mayan civilization?
Mexico
Honduras
Belize
Panama
13. When the Spanish military began taking over Maya land, what did they demand as tribute?
Spices
Slaves
Women
Gold
14. The Maya people are famous for their system of writing, at that time the only written language in the Americas. What do we call it?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Equations
Alphabet
15. What animal was a god of the Mayan underworld and a powerful symbol of ferocity, strength and valor?
Wolf
Bear
Jaguar
Tiger
16. What were the name of multi-story villages built of adobe, stone and other local materials where people lived since 10th century?
Pueblas
Ciudalelas
Chanampas
Morelos
17. Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before it was conquered by Spain?
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Toltec
18. Who settled the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Anasazi
19. The Aztec empire was an alliance among three major city-states. Which of these was not a major Aztec city?
Tlacopan
Texcoco
Tenochtitlan
Xunantunich
20. What was the largest and possibly the oldest of the Maya cities?
Palenque
Tikal
Copán
Banampak
21. What did the Aztec believe was necessary to keep the sun rising and moving across the sky?
Pray at sunset
Mummify the dead
Human sacrifice
Grow wheat and corn
22. Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?
Hernan Cortes
Hernando de Soto
Amerigo Vespucci
Francisco Pizarro
23. Whose emperor was Montezuma II, known for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish army?
Maya
Wari
Tiwanaku
Aztec
24. The Inca worshipped many gods. Who was the creator god?
Viracocha
Pachamama
Cusco
Quechua
25. What civilization built El Castillo pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site?
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Hopewell
26. What was the famous capital of the Incan empire?
Machu Picchu
Cusco
Tikal
Teotihuacan
27. Manco Capac is the mythical founder of what kingdom?
Inca
Aztec
Toltec
Maya
28. Which of these modern countries was not once part of the Incan empire?
Ecuador
Peru
Mexico
Bolivia
29. Who conquered the Incas in 1532?
Francisco Pizarro
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de León
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
30. The calendar of which empire predicted the end of the world to be on December 21, 2012?
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Toltec
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I was a bit surprised at how few North American groups (Iroquois, Algonquin, Blackfoot, Haida, etc) were on here, but maybe that's just because I'm more familiar with them