Name & period number ______________________________
World History
Dr. Astuto
Ch 8 Pre-Columbian Era Worksheet
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, change the false word(s) to make the statement true.
1. The Peruvian Nazca culture, which appeared around 200 b.c., preserved some of the Chavin culture.
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2. Around A.D. 300, the Moche civilization developed far inland, near the Ecuadorian border.
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3. The major urban center of Moche appeared in the valley of the Moche River, which flows to the Pacific Ocean.
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4. In the 1440s, the Inca brought the entire Pacific coastal region under their control.
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5. Pachacuti conquered his region through trade and a complicated set of alliances.
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Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
6. In A.D. 700, there was a shift to _______________________________________ in the Mississippi River valley.
7. The most important crops to the Iroquois were ________________________________________, and
____________________________________________, known as the “three sisters.”
8. The desert-dwelling Anasazi abandoned Pueblo Bonito, a massive complex that housed over 1,000 people,
because of _____________________________________________________________.
9. The ______________________________ of the Maya were built around central pyramids topped with shrines to
the gods.
10. Maya nobles ruled over priest-like scribes, peasant farmers, and _____________________________________.
11. A shift to ___________________________ led to a prosperous culture in the Mississippi River valley in A.D. 700
12. The Maya city-states were regularly at war with ____________________________________.
13. On ceremonial occasions and to appease the gods, the Maya used war captives for _________________________
14. Introducing metal-working to Mesoamerica, the ________________________ were the first people in the region to
work in gold and silver.
15. The Aztec government was authoritarian, ruled by a monarch who claimed _________________________________.
16. The greatest political power in the Inca Empire was the _________________________________________________.
17. Describe how the Inca agricultural system was physically set up. ___________________________________________
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18. The _____________________________ was the first group to bring metal-working to Mesoamerica.
19. Aztec religion was based on a belief in a struggle between ____________________ and ______________________
Answer Key
1. True
2. False - Around A.D. 300, the Moche civilization developed ON THE COAST, near the Ecuadorian border.
3. True
4. True
5. False - Pachacuti conquered his region through WAR.
6. full-time farming
7. corn; beans; squash
8. prolonged drought
9. cities
10. townspeople
11. full time farming
12. each other
13. human sacrifice
14. Toltec
15. to be descended from the gods
16. emperor, who claimed to be divine
17. high altitude, terraced farms with precise irrigation systems
18. Toltec
19. good and evil