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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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| First submitted | February 9, 2021 |
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1.
In which part of America were Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) and Wari (Huari) civilizations established in Middle Ages?
Central America
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North America
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South America
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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?
Hopewell
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Chimu
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Anasazi
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Moche
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3.
What was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas, with a population estimated at 125,000 or more?
Chacchoben
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Palenque
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Teotihuacan
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Tulum
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4.
In which present US state Hohokam culture existed between 300 and 1500 AD?
Minnesota
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Arizona
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Louisiana
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Florida
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5.
The Toltec culture ruled a state centered in which present country?
USA
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Mexico
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Brazil
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Peru
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6.
The Toltecs were religious warriors who spread the cult of their God, Quetzalcoatl. What kind of creature was Quetzalcoatl?
Two-headed lion
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Hairy dragon
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Feathered serpent
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Winged horse
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7.
What was the capital of the Toltec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
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Chacchoben
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Tula
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Chichen Itza
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8.
Which explorer is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America?
Leif Erikson
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Henry the Navigator
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Harald Hardrada
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Erik the Red
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9.
What was the other name for the Ancestral Puebloans, an ancient Native Americans?
Cahokia
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Mogollon
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Adena
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Anasazi
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10.
What was the name of the creator god in Mayan religion?
Yum Kaax
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Hunab Ku
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Itzamna
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Kukulkan
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11.
The Maya are famous for their rituals of human sacrifice. Which of these was the most valuable person to sacrifice?
A high priest
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An enemy king
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Mayan king
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A farmer
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12.
Which of these modern countries is not once home to Mayan civilization?
Belize
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Mexico
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Panama
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Honduras
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13.
When the Spanish military began taking over Maya land, what did they demand as tribute?
Gold
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Slaves
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Women
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Spices
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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?
Alphabet
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Cuneiform
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Equations
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Hieroglyphics
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15.
What animal was a god of the Mayan underworld and a powerful symbol of ferocity, strength and valor?
Jaguar
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Bear
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Wolf
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Tiger
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16.
What were the name of multi-story villages built of adobe, stone and other local materials where people lived since 10th century?
Pueblas
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Morelos
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Ciudalelas
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Chanampas
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17.
Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before it was conquered by Spain?
Aztec
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Inca
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Toltec
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Maya
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18.
Who settled the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico?
Aztec
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Maya
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Anasazi
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Inca
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19.
The Aztec empire was an alliance among three major city-states. Which of these was not a major Aztec city?
Tenochtitlan
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Texcoco
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Tlacopan
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Xunantunich
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20.
What was the largest and possibly the oldest of the Maya cities?
Banampak
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Palenque
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Copán
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Tikal
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21.
What did the Aztec believe was necessary to keep the sun rising and moving across the sky?
Pray at sunset
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Human sacrifice
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Mummify the dead
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Grow wheat and corn
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22.
Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?
Hernando de Soto
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Francisco Pizarro
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Hernan Cortes
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23.
Whose emperor was Montezuma II, known for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish army?
Maya
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Aztec
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Wari
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Tiwanaku
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24.
The Inca worshipped many gods. Who was the creator god?
Viracocha
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Quechua
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Pachamama
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Cusco
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25.
What civilization built El Castillo pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site?
Maya
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Inca
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Aztec
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Hopewell
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26.
What was the famous capital of the Incan empire?
Teotihuacan
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Machu Picchu
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Cusco
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Tikal
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27.
Manco Capac is the mythical founder of what kingdom?
Maya
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Toltec
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Inca
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Aztec
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28.
Which of these modern countries was not once part of the Incan empire?
Mexico
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Ecuador
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Peru
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Bolivia
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29.
Who conquered the Incas in 1532?
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Francisco Pizarro
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Juan Ponce de León
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30.
The calendar of which empire predicted the end of the world to be on December 21, 2012?
Aztec
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Inca
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Toltec
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Maya
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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