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Topic 3 Test

Quiz by Braden Nolt

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  • Q1
    The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction.
    Olmec

    Maya

    Spanish

    Aztec

    30s
  • Q2
    They settled in the Yucatan Peninsula, not far from the Olmecs. A very cultural and intellectual people who used astronomy to create and very accurate calendar.

    Aztec

    Olmec

    Maya

    Spanish

    30s
  • Q3
    Another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris.
    slash and burn agriculture
    30s
  • Q4
    symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound
    hieroglyphic
    30s
  • Q5
    a building designed for observing the stars and planets
    observatory
    30s
  • Q6
    a small area if planted land
    plot
    30s
  • Q7
    consisting of many different and connected parts
    complex
    30s
  • Q8
    Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.

    Olmec

    Maya

    Spanish

    Aztecs
    30s
  • Q9
    bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land
    basin
    30s
  • Q10
    A floating garden on which the Aztec grew crops
    chinampa
    30s
  • Q11
    A protective wall that controls or holds back water
    dike
    30s
  • Q12
    A structure that carries water over long distances
    aqueduct
    30s
  • Q13
    fixed, unchanging
    rigid
    30s
  • Q14
    to have a source of origin
    descend
    30s
  • Q15
    A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
    conquistador
    30s

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