Name__________________________

Weekend Homework
To help you prepare for your exam, please complete by TUESDAY 9/27 (exam
date). Use your notes!!
1. Which phrase best describes an Inca achievement?
a. Building a huge system of roads.
b. Fighting the Spanish and preventing them from conquering the
Inca empire.
c. Creating a democratic government where every person votes for
a president.
d. Creating a written language.
2. What crop was most important to the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan
economies?
a. Rice
b. Wheat
c. Corn/maize
d. Beef
Color or shade the map below to show the locations of the Maya, Aztec, and
Inca. Use the key to indicate what each color/type of shading stands for.

Maya=
Aztec=
Inca=

3. Describe one Maya achievement.

4. Name one way in which the Maya and Aztec were similar.

5. How was the end of the Maya Empire different than the ends of the
Aztec and Inca empires?

6. Describe the conquest of the Aztec empire.

1. slash-and-burn
farming
______
2. tribute ______
3. social hierarchy
_____
4. calpulli _____
5. ayllu ______
6. Yucatan Peninsula

a. A system that organizes people by their

b.
c.
d.

_____

e.
f.

wealth and power; for example the king is

at the top of the hierarchy and the
peasants at the bottom.
The system the Inca used to organize
people into groups, similar to a clan or
large family group.
The system the Aztec used to organize
people into groups, similar to a clan or
large family group.
The style of farming where old plants are
burned and cut down to make room for
new crops.
Food, cloth, money, or other goods that
defeated people are required to pay their
ruler. (Aztec, Inca)
The Southern part of Mexico where the
Maya civilization developed.