WORLD HISTORY
REVIEW
Short Answer
Short Answer Questions
Why did the Mayan empire collapse?
Over farming and over population led to war
And famine.
What colors are associated with the Mayan directions?
White
- North
East
- Red
South
- Yellow
West
- Black
Center
- Green
WORLD HISTORY
REVIEW
Section 1
Who were known as the “Vanished Ones”?
Hohokams
The Adena and Hopewell cultures are early examples of ___ ___ culture.
Mound Builder
What is it called when a person gives out gifts and in the accepting of them you
acknowledge their leadership?
Potlatch
What was the name of the largest canyon housing complex built by the Anasazi? (Spanish
green table)
Mesa Verde
What is the largest complex made by the Mississippian culture in present day Illinois?
Cahokia
What group of Native American lived in the Four Corners region between 900 and 1300
A.D.?
Anasazi
What is the name of the large underground chamber used for religious ceremonies by the
Anasazi?
Kiva
What Anasazi village in New Mexico that had building five stories high and the complex
had over 800 rooms? (Spanish pretty village)
Pueblo Bonita
What mound in Ohio is about a quarter of a mile long?
Giant Serpent Mound
What was the alliance of five tribes in New York called?
Iroquois League
What was the chief spirit that Native American groups on the plains
follow?
Great Spirit
SECTION 2
What Mayan city had large Pyramids that were the tallest structures in the Americas until
1903?
Tikal
What was cocao used for by the Maya?
Currency
The Mayan understood the concept of ______ before the Romans in math? (Symbol was
a shell)
Zero
Both Mayan calendars had months of how many days?
Twenty
What Mayan city and a large sinkhole where offerings were made, they also
had a temple that had an echo that sounded like a bird when you clapped?
Chichen Itza
What are the sinkholes called where jade, gold and other offerings were
made?
cenote
What is Popol Vuh?
had the Mayan version of creation
SECTION 3
This was a well planned out city that was in the Valley of Mexico which dominated the area
from A.D. 100 to A.D. 750. (inspired the Aztecs)
Teotihuacán
What civilization lasted until 900 A.D. they ruled before the Aztecs?
Toltecs
What are made up of artificial islands made of earth piled on reed mats that are anchored to
the lake bed?
Chinampas
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
Sun God
What was the capital of the Aztec empire?
Tenochtitlán
The Aztecs are famous for ______ even though other Meso-American cultures have done
it?
Human Sacrafice
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
Feather Serpent God
Who was the last leader of the Aztecs?
Montezuma II
SECTION 4
Who was the founder of the Incan Empire?
Pachacuti
Who or what is Chuno?
Frozen potatoes
They worshipped part Jaguar and part human god, they may have used
hallucinogens in their ceremonies?
Chavín
Chasquis is similar to what federal service in the United States?
Post Office
What is the language of the Incan Empire?
Quechua
What is the collection of knotted colored strings called, which the Incans kept their records
on?
Quipu
What civilization was famous for making symbols or glyphs in the desert?
Nasca
Who was the last emperor of the Incan Empire? (received Christian death by Pizarro)
Atahualpa
What was the name of the Incan Sun God?
Inti
Which civilization made Red and Black mummies?
Chinchorros
Who were selected from each region to be special attendants for the Emperor
of the Inca?
Chosen Women
What Incan city was not discovered until 1911?
Machu Pichu