The evidence found at Pueblo Bonito, the largest Chaco Canyon site, for contact with
Mesoamerica is:
A. ball courts
B. murals depicting the Feathered Serpent
C. pottery from Tula
D. chocolate
An architectural feature common at Northwest Frontier sites during the Late
Classic/Epiclassic is:
A. the Chenes style
B. colonnaded halls
C. talud-tableros
D. roof combs
Cacao beans:
A. are naturally very sweet when harvested
B. were prepared with sugar cane by ancient Mesoamericans
C. were a medium of exchange
D. were too fragile to transport across Mesoamerica without refrigeration
Evidence for Teotihuacan’s conquest of sites in the Early Classic period:
A. is scant and hard to find
B. shows that its people took over all Mesoamerica
C. indicates that the Teotihuacanos meddled in the region in a variety of ways
D. is clear from historical records found at the city
Motecuzma I established grand botanical gardens at:
A. Tula
B. Texcotzingo
C. Huaxtpec
D. Tenochtitlan
Aztec women married:
A. at around the same age as Aztec men
B. sooner than Aztec men
C. later than Aztec men
D. at the end of the solar year only
Analysis of the information in Palenque’s Late Classic king list reveals that:
A. the center had several rulers, each of whom reigned for several decades
B. Palenque had a tumultuous history, which involved many conflicts
C. peace endured for centuries at this great Maya city
D. ties with other Classic Maya sites had been terminated
Mesoamerica’s oldest example of a ceramic figurine comes from:
A. Zohapilco
B. Gheo-Shih
C. Guil Naquitz
D. Tehuacn Valley
In Mesoamerica’s Period 1 (600/800 to 1200), copper was the metal of choice because:
A. it was associated with a particular deity that was prominent at the time
B. no other materials were available
C. it is stronger than other metals
D. it is the easiest metal to extract and work
The material in this chapter on the origins of food production:
A. demonstrates that early agriculture was so obviously superior to hunting and
gathering that, within a short time, it was immediately adopted throughout
Mesoamerica
B. stresses that the appearance of food production was revolutionary in its effects on
human society, but not in the speed with which it occurred
C. shows that the technology in the field is so advanced that we are able to determine
exactly when and where certain plants and animals were domesticated
D. asserts that the steps in the process of domestication were very different in
Mesoamerica than in other parts of the world
Teotihuacan’s influence:
A. extended from North to South America
B. is difficult to discern in the archaeological record
C. was found throughout Mesoamerica
D. lasted into the Postclassic and Colonial periods
The Basin of Mexico has a semi-arid landscape. One crop that helped settlers satisfy
their need for water was:
A. maguey
B. the nopal cactus
C. cotton
D. maize
MATCHING 2
1) Los Naranjos
2) La Venta
3) Cuicuilco
4) Mixteca
5) Cuyamel Caves
A. Eastern Honduras
B. Lake Yojoa
C. Valley of Oaxaca
D. Basin of Mexico
E. Olmec heartland
Santa Isabel and Tepexpan are sites:
A. of the earliest human populations in Mesoamerica
B. located in the tropical rainforests of the Maya Lowlands
C. where there is abundant evidence for the domestication of the dog
D. where mammoths were killed
A stela is:
A. a standing monument
B. a type of cookie made from maize dough or masa
C. an avian serpent
D. a cut block of stone
MATCHING 1
1) Uxmal
2) Cob
3) Oxkintok
4) Chichn Itz
5) Cihuatn
A. Along with Edzn, this is where the Puuc style began
B. Major northeastern Yucatn center that controlled salt trade
C. Integrated its territory with miles of sacbeob
D. Regional capital of western El Salvador from 900 to 1200
E. Lord Chac ruled this center around 900
Two major sites of the Huastec region, one of which contains Late Classic murals, are:
A. Tamun and Tamtok
B. Tamtok and Tula
C. Tula and Tamun
D. Teotihuacan and Tula
The most famous of the Mixtec rulers was:
A. 5 Alligator
B. 18 Rabbit
C. Pakal
D. 8 Deer
The danzantes of Monte Albn’s Early I phase most likely illustrate:
A. dancers
B. sacrificial victims
C. kings and queens
D. ball players
The process of nixtamalization involves:
A. making plaster out of limestone to coat building facades
B. combining corn, beans, and squash
C. preparing tamales for festivals
D. soaking corn kernels in water and ground limestone
After dining at the house of a rich Aztec person, you might indulge in:
A. tobacco
B. chocolate
C. pulque
D. tamales
A common Mesoamerican raiding tactic, which can be identified both archaeologically
and iconographically was:
A. the theft of another group’s water vessels
B. the burning of a community’s temple
C. auto-sacrifice
D. the renaming of captives
The textbook author defines the term “civilization” as:
A. the main way that humans adapt to their environment
B. societies that are organized into chiefdoms and states
C. the earliest states that existed thousands of years ago
D. a set of cultural features found in most complex societies
MATCHING 2
1) Palace of the Governors
2) Temple of the Warriors
3) Castillo
4) Nunnery Quadrangle
5) Pyramid of the Magician
A. Building that resembles Pyramid B at Tula
B. Also known as the Temple-Pyramid of Kukulkan
C. Elite administrative and residential building at Uxmal
D. Uxmal building that corresponds to a Maya cosmogram
E. Distinctive elliptical temple-pyramid at Uxmal
In the 1500s, the Spanish government conducted the “Relaciones Geogrficas,” which
drew up:
A. the family trees of every Aztec household
B. the genealogies of ruling dynasties
C. geographical accounts of their colonies
D. geological maps of resources
In the 1500s, _________ was charged with converting the New World populace to
Christianity.
A. the Spanish nobility
B. military officers
C. the Franciscans
D. high-ranking shamans
The Postclassic Maya city of Mayapn was ruled by:
A. the Toltecs
B. the Cocom family
C. Teotihuacanos
D. the Xiu lineage
Malinalli of Acaln, who was crucial to the Spanish Conquest, became enslaved when:
A. her parents could not pay off their debts, so sold her
B. the Spaniards captured her and took her prisoner
C. the Aztecs invaded, taking many prisoners who became slaves
D. her mother sold her off to traders
While Motecuzma II was being held under house arrest by the Spaniards, the Mexica:
A. elected a new huetlatoani
B. tried to befriend the remaining Spaniards on the Gulf Coast
C. carried on with their affairs and ignored the situation
D. demanded that the Spaniards leave the city at once
As early as the Terminal Formative, the Maya constructed a ditch around the site of
Becn, indicating the need for:
A. drainage of the swampy area
B. intensive agriculture
C. defense
D. mining
It was during the _____ period that indigenous religious and artistic elements were
strongly suppressed.
A. Postclassic
B. Republican
C. Formative
D. Colonial
The Initial Formative sites of Matanchn and El Caln are:
A. centers for early ball courts
B. rubber-producing centers
C. where large shell mounds were constructed
D. locations of ancient men’s houses
During the Late Classic, societies in southeastern Mesoamerica and the Intermediate
Area:
A. were isolated from events in the Maya region
B. flourished and were in contact with other areas of Mesoamerica
C. declined as the Maya rose to prominence
D. were dominated by the Mesoamerican cultures who reigned over them
The evidence that we have for the existence of professional merchants in western
Mesoamerica during the Late Classic/Epiclassic is:
A. maps both made and used by such merchants
B. the large market plazas at many sites
C. the merchants’ records that have been discovered
D. stelae picturing kings as merchants