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Question	Answer	% Correct
The Toltecs were religious warriors who spread the cult of their God, Quetzalcoatl. What kind of creature was Quetzalcoatl?	Feathered serpent	88%
What was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas, with a population estimated at 125,000 or more?	Teotihuacan	87%
What animal was a god of the Mayan underworld and a powerful symbol of ferocity, strength and valor?	Jaguar	86%
The Toltec culture ruled a state centered in which present country?	Mexico	86%
Whose emperor was Montezuma II, known for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish army?	Aztec	85%
Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?	Hernan Cortes	85%
Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before it was conquered by Spain?	Aztec	82%
Which of these modern countries is not once home to Mayan civilization?	Panama	82%
When the Spanish military began taking over Maya land, what did they demand as tribute?	Gold	79%
Which of these modern countries was not once part of the Incan empire?	Mexico	79%
Which explorer is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America?	Leif Erikson	78%
Who conquered the Incas in 1532?	Francisco Pizarro	76%
The calendar of which empire predicted the end of the world to be on December 21, 2012?	Maya	76%
What were the name of multi-story villages built of adobe, stone and other local materials where people lived since 10th century?	Pueblas	75%
What did the Aztec believe was necessary to keep the sun rising and moving across the sky?	Human sacrifice	74%
Who settled the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico?	Maya	68%
What civilization built El Castillo pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site?	Maya	64%
What was the other name for the Ancestral Puebloans, an ancient Native Americans?	Anasazi	62%
What was the largest and possibly the oldest of the Maya cities?	Tikal	58%
The Maya are famous for their rituals of human sacrifice. Which of these was the most valuable person to sacrifice?	An enemy king	55%
The Aztec empire was an alliance among three major city-states. Which of these was not a major Aztec city?	Xunantunich	53%
What was the famous capital of the Incan empire?	Cusco	52%
Manco Capac is the mythical founder of what kingdom?	Inca	47%
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	42%
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	41%
In which present US state Hohokam culture existed between 300 and 1500 AD?	Arizona	38%
What was the name of the creator god in Mayan religion?	Itzamna	36%
In which part of America were Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) and Wari (Huari) civilizations established in Middle Ages?	South America	36%
What was the capital of the Toltec Empire?	Tula	26%
The Inca worshipped many gods. Who was the creator god?	Viracocha	25%