Unit 1 7th grade 2016
Assessment ID:
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Directions: Answer the following question(s).
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What caused the collapse of the Mayan
civilzation ?
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The most accepted theory of how people first got
to the Americas is
A. Euopeans invaded.
B. Disease wiped out most of the population.
C. Historians believe that it was a mix of factors,
but no one knows for sure.
D. Several large earthquakes hit the area.
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From this source I can tell that the Mayans:
A. None.
B. Crossing the land ice bridge known as the
Bering Strait.
C. Sailors traveled across the ocean.
D. the Pangea thoery.
A. Had different levels of society based on their
clothing and where they are located in the mural.
B. The Mayans liked to dance, based on their body
position.
C. The Mayans only had one level of society for all
people.
D. The priests calculated the stars.
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Unit 1 7th grade 2016
Assessment ID:
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Directions: Answer the following question(s).
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Why was the Inca road system important?
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Which letter matches the Inca empire location?
The roads connected all parts of the empire.
The roads led to Machu Pichu.
The roads were used in relgious ceremonies.
The roads formed a ring around Cuzco.
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B.
C.
D.
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Assessment ID:
ib.766092
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The map shows that the Inca empire
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The artifact gives proof
that
A. Texcoco was the largest and most impressive
city.
A. was located in northern Mexico
B. was located along the east coast of South
America
C. was located in the Amazon Jungle.
D. was located in the Andes Mountains.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
B. Oaxaca was the largest and most impressive
city.
C. Tenochtitlan was the largest and most
impressive city.
D. Tlacopan was the largest and most impressive
Aztec city.
What evidence could be used to show that Aztec
and Inca empires collapsed in similar ways?
Both empires had internal problems.
Both were conquered by the Spanish.
Disease weakened the people.
All of the above.
What did the Spainards unknowingly bring with
them that helped them conquer the Aztecs?
insects
disease
slaves
horses
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Unit 1 7th grade 2016
Assessment ID:
ib.766092
Directions: Answer the following question(s).
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Use the source, and your knowledge of Aztec
religion, to determine best answer about the
importance of human sacrifice in the Aztec
religion
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The image below is the Popol Vuh. It can gest be
described as
A. Human sacrifice was not important to the Aztec
religion.
B. Slave were oftenused during human sacrifice.
C. Priests would sacrifice human victims to supply
thier gods with human hearts and blood to
please them.
D. None of these answers
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B.
C.
D.
a historical book of records
a temple
a religious calendar
pottery
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A. The Aztec perspective is shown here because
they are being forced to carry the Spanish
supplies and many natives are shown. The main
focus is not on making the Spanish look goo.
B. The Actec view is shown, because they are
trying to run away from the Spanish.
C. The Spanish view is shown because, they are
showing how strong they are.
D. The Spanish view is shown, because one is
riding on the Native's back.
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Which letter represents the Mayan empire?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
The Aztecs rose to power due to :
peace, common language, and trade
war, tribute, and language
war, tribute, and trade
they were not powerful
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Assessment ID:
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What Inca adaptations do you see, still used
today in the Andes mountains?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Llamas for wool and transportation
Terraces built on the hill in the background
Roads
all of these
The Mayan sacred
round shows exampls of Mayan achievements
including:
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The Mayan number system
Mayan writing (glyphs)
Mayan calendar calculations
All of these
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Mesoamerican includes
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Making an official language, Quechua, in the
Incan empire was important because it helped
unify the empire, since it included different tribes
and a large area.
A. True
B. False
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Source: Barbara L. Beck, The Ancient Maya,
Franklin Watts, 1983.
" The Maya ...developed the calendar further than
any other New World people, and their calendar
was more accurate than any other of their time.
They were masters of the science of time
measurement...Observatories were built, at
Chichen Itza and other cities, to use in studying
the movements of the sun and the moon, planets
such as Venus and Mars..."
A. parts of North America
B. the southern part of Central America
C. the southern part of what is now Mexico and
parts of Central America
D. the northern part of what is now Mexico
This quote BEST describes the Mayan
achievement of:
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A.
B.
C.
D.
trade network
writing system
calendar
number zero
In which area is the Mayan empire located?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The light purple area.
The tan area
The purple and tan area.
None of it
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What type of source is this?
A. This is a secondary source, because it was not
created at the time of the Mayans or by
someone with firsthand knowledge.
B. This is a primary source, because it was not
created at the time of the Mayans or by
someone with firsthand knowledge.
C. This is a primary source, because it was created
at the time of the Mayans.
D. This is a secondary source because it was
created at the time of the Mayans.
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