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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?
North America
Central America
South 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?
Moche
Hopewell
Anasazi
Chimu
3. What was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas, with a population estimated at 125,000 or more?
Tulum
Palenque
Teotihuacan
Chacchoben
4. In which present US state Hohokam culture existed between 300 and 1500 AD?
Florida
Arizona
Louisiana
Minnesota
5. The Toltec culture ruled a state centered in which present country?
Mexico
Brazil
Peru
USA
6. The Toltecs were religious warriors who spread the cult of their God, Quetzalcoatl. What kind of creature was Quetzalcoatl?
Winged horse
Hairy dragon
Feathered serpent
Two-headed lion
7. What was the capital of the Toltec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
Chichen Itza
Tula
Chacchoben
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?
Anasazi
Cahokia
Adena
Mogollon
10. What was the name of the creator god in Mayan religion?
Kukulkan
Itzamna
Yum Kaax
Hunab Ku
11. The Maya are famous for their rituals of human sacrifice. Which of these was the most valuable person to sacrifice?
A farmer
An enemy king
A high priest
Mayan king
12. Which of these modern countries is not once home to Mayan civilization?
Honduras
Panama
Belize
Mexico
13. When the Spanish military began taking over Maya land, what did they demand as tribute?
Gold
Slaves
Women
Spices
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?
Cuneiform
Equations
Hieroglyphics
Alphabet
15. What animal was a god of the Mayan underworld and a powerful symbol of ferocity, strength and valor?
Bear
Tiger
Jaguar
Wolf
16. What were the name of multi-story villages built of adobe, stone and other local materials where people lived since 10th century?
Chanampas
Morelos
Ciudalelas
Pueblas
17. Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before it was conquered by Spain?
Toltec
Aztec
Maya
Inca
18. Who settled the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico?
Inca
Anasazi
Aztec
Maya
19. The Aztec empire was an alliance among three major city-states. Which of these was not a major Aztec city?
Tlacopan
Texcoco
Xunantunich
Tenochtitlan
20. What was the largest and possibly the oldest of the Maya cities?
Banampak
Tikal
Copán
Palenque
21. What did the Aztec believe was necessary to keep the sun rising and moving across the sky?
Grow wheat and corn
Mummify the dead
Pray at sunset
Human sacrifice
22. Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?
Hernan Cortes
Amerigo Vespucci
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
23. Whose emperor was Montezuma II, known for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish army?
Tiwanaku
Wari
Maya
Aztec
24. The Inca worshipped many gods. Who was the creator god?
Viracocha
Quechua
Cusco
Pachamama
25. What civilization built El Castillo pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site?
Hopewell
Inca
Maya
Aztec
26. What was the famous capital of the Incan empire?
Tikal
Cusco
Machu Picchu
Teotihuacan
27. Manco Capac is the mythical founder of what kingdom?
Aztec
Toltec
Inca
Maya
28. Which of these modern countries was not once part of the Incan empire?
Mexico
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
29. Who conquered the Incas in 1532?
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de León
Amerigo Vespucci
30. The calendar of which empire predicted the end of the world to be on December 21, 2012?
Inca
Maya
Toltec
Aztec
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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