Aztec Inca Quiz

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Quiz- Aztec/ Incas GroveName:

Date:Period:

Smallpox The AndesMontezuma IIMasonry

Machu PicchuQuechua

ConquistadorsGuns, Germs, andSteelHernando Cortez

CuzcoMita

Causeways TenochtitlanAtahualpaFrancisco Pizarro

Polytheisticbox of gold

1. This is the Capital city of the Aztec Empire:

2. These are raised roads across water or wet ground.

3. The Spanish conquerors were called:

4. What type of religions the Myan and Aztecs have?

5. The Conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

6. The last Emperor of the Aztec Empire.

7. Disease that Europeans brought which killed thousands of people in

New World.

8. Capital of Incan Empire. In Peru today.

9. Official Inca language, still used today.

10. Labor tax system:

11. Royal retreat in Andes, discovered by Hiram Bingham in early 1900’s

12. Stonework

13. Incan Emperor

14. Conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire.

15. What did Montezuma give to Cortez to see if he would leave?

16. What large area of land were the Incas on?

17. What gave the Spaniards such a great advantage?




Date:Period:

COMPREHENSION AND CRITICAL THINKING Read each of the following pairs of

sentences, and cross out the FALSE sentence.

19. a. The Inca Empire was in South America.b. The Inca Empire was in central Mexico.

20. a. The Spanish conquered the Mayas and the Aztecs.b. The Spanish conquered the Incas and the Aztecs.

21. a. Tenochtitlán was a grand city in the Aztec Empire.b. Tenochtitlán was a grand city in the Inca Empire.

FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with theword from the word pair that best completes each sentence.

22. The first Aztecs were ________________________ who migratedfrom the north to central Mexico. (farmers/conquistadors)

23. War, tribute, and trade made the________________________ Empire strong and rich. (Maya/Aztec)

24. ________________________ were raised roads across water or

wet ground. (Canals/Causeways)25. The Aztec ________________________, like the Maya king, was

the most important person in society. (emperor/priest)

26. To please the gods, priests regularly made ________________________ sacrifices. (human/animal)

27. ________________________ were Spanish soldiers whoreached Mexico in 1519. (Chinampas/Conquistadors)

28. They were led by ________________________, who came insearch of gold and land. (Hernán Cortés/Moctezuma II)

29. The Aztec emperor, ________________________, welcomed theSpanish. (Moctezuma II/Hernán Cortés)

30. During the war, the Spanish had better




Date:Period:

________________________, (weapons/horses), including armor,cannons, and swords.

31. The Spanish unknowingly brought ________________________ tothe Americas. (diseases/gold)

32- 37. On the back of these sheet, please write your ownhistory of the Aztecs and/or Incas using at least 5Vocabulary words.




Date:Period:

MATCHING Read each description. On the lines below, write the letter of the term

or place that best matches each description.

______ 1. Inca capital in what is now Peru

______ 2. Ruler who began to expand Inca territory

______ 3. The official language of the Inca

______ 4. Tended government land in addition to their own

______ 5. The labor tax sytem

______ 6. A royal retreat nestled high in the Andes, where Inca rulers went to relax

in luxury

______ 7. Inca record keeping system of cords

______ 8. Fought his brother to claim the throne in 1520

______ 9. Led the conquistadors

______10 Gained control of the entire Inca Empire in 1537 and ruled for the next

300 years




Date:Period:

a. Atahualpa

b. Cuzco

c. farmers

d. Francisco Pizarro

e. Machu Picchu

f. mita

g. Pachacuti

h. Quechua

i. quipus

j. Spain

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