Chapter 6

Question 1

Mathematician

Answer 1

Maya

Question 2

Astronomers

Answer 2

Maya

Question 3

Most “warring”

Answer 3

Aztec

Question 4

Specific times for daily activities

Answer 4

Aztec

Question 5

Floating fields

Answer 5

Aztec

Question 6

Farmed on mountain top

Answer 6

Inca

Question 7

Flat foreheads

Answer 7

Maya

Question 8

Men & sons in the fields

Answer 8

Aztec

Question 9

Farmed on terraces

Answer 9

Inca

Question 10

Farmers gave all their crops to the ‘state’

Answer 10

Inca

Question 11

Largest city in the world in the 14th century?

Answer 11

Tenochtitlan

Question 12

List seven things you could ‘BUY’ at an Aztec Market.

Answer 12

Weapons, clothing, meat, jewelry, feathers, precious stones, rubber

Question 13

Who was in charge if the LAND in the Incas civilization?

Answer 13

The state
Lord Inca
The government

Question 14

How many days were in the Mayas calendar?

Answer 14

365

Question 15

How did the Mayas calendar related to ours?

Answer 15

We both have 365 days

Question 16

How did an Aztec farmer get to be important?

Answer 16

An Aztec farmers importance was based on how much food he gave to poor people.

Question 17

Peasant:

Answer 17

any laborer of low social standing

Question 18

Import:

Answer 18

a good or service purchased by one country from another

Question 19

Codex:

Answer 19

a handwritten Mayan book

Question 20

Slash & Burn Agriculture:

Answer 20

First, they cut down trees/brush. Next, they burned them.
Finally they planted seeds in the ash.

Question 21

A symbol of power for the Incas was the ____

Answer 21

Puma, or mountain lion

Question 22

What years make up the 16th century?

Answer 22

1501-1600