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America in the Middle Ages

What do you know about the civilizations that developed in the Americas prior to the arrival of the Europeans?
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Last updated: March 31, 2022
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1. In which part of America were Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) and Wari (Huari) civilizations established in Middle Ages?
North America
Central America
South America
2. What ancient pre-Columbian Native American civilization flourished in settlements along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern Eastern Woodlands from 100 BC to 500 AD?
Chimu
Hopewell
Anasazi
Moche
3. What was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas, with a population estimated at 125,000 or more?
Tulum
Teotihuacan
Chacchoben
Palenque
4. In which present US state Hohokam culture existed between 300 and 1500 AD?
Louisiana
Arizona
Minnesota
Florida
5. The Toltec culture ruled a state centered in which present country?
Brazil
Mexico
Peru
USA
6. The Toltecs were religious warriors who spread the cult of their God, Quetzalcoatl. What kind of creature was Quetzalcoatl?
Hairy dragon
Winged horse
Feathered serpent
Two-headed lion
7. What was the capital of the Toltec Empire?
Chacchoben
Chichen Itza
Tenochtitlan
Tula
8. Which explorer is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America?
Henry the Navigator
Harald Hardrada
Erik the Red
Leif Erikson
9. What was the other name for the Ancestral Puebloans, an ancient Native Americans?
Mogollon
Adena
Cahokia
Anasazi
10. What was the name of the creator god in Mayan religion?
Yum Kaax
Hunab Ku
Kukulkan
Itzamna
11. The Maya are famous for their rituals of human sacrifice. Which of these was the most valuable person to sacrifice?
Mayan king
A high priest
A farmer
An enemy king
12. Which of these modern countries is not once home to Mayan civilization?
Mexico
Honduras
Panama
Belize
13. When the Spanish military began taking over Maya land, what did they demand as tribute?
Women
Spices
Gold
Slaves
14. The Maya people are famous for their system of writing, at that time the only written language in the Americas. What do we call it?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Equations
Alphabet
15. What animal was a god of the Mayan underworld and a powerful symbol of ferocity, strength and valor?
Wolf
Tiger
Jaguar
Bear
16. What were the name of multi-story villages built of adobe, stone and other local materials where people lived since 10th century?
Morelos
Ciudalelas
Pueblas
Chanampas
17. Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before it was conquered by Spain?
Inca
Toltec
Maya
Aztec
18. Who settled the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico?
Aztec
Inca
Anasazi
Maya
19. The Aztec empire was an alliance among three major city-states. Which of these was not a major Aztec city?
Texcoco
Tenochtitlan
Xunantunich
Tlacopan
20. What was the largest and possibly the oldest of the Maya cities?
Palenque
Copán
Banampak
Tikal
21. What did the Aztec believe was necessary to keep the sun rising and moving across the sky?
Human sacrifice
Pray at sunset
Mummify the dead
Grow wheat and corn
22. Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?
Francisco Pizarro
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernando de Soto
Hernan Cortes
23. Whose emperor was Montezuma II, known for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish army?
Aztec
Maya
Tiwanaku
Wari
24. The Inca worshipped many gods. Who was the creator god?
Cusco
Quechua
Viracocha
Pachamama
25. What civilization built El Castillo pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site?
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Hopewell
26. What was the famous capital of the Incan empire?
Tikal
Cusco
Teotihuacan
Machu Picchu
27. Manco Capac is the mythical founder of what kingdom?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Toltec
28. Which of these modern countries was not once part of the Incan empire?
Bolivia
Peru
Mexico
Ecuador
29. Who conquered the Incas in 1532?
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de León
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Francisco Pizarro
30. The calendar of which empire predicted the end of the world to be on December 21, 2012?
Aztec
Maya
Toltec
Inca
5 Comments
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Level 79
Mar 31, 2022
Montezuma II was Aztec, not Maya.
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Level 53
Mar 31, 2022
Oops, thanks for that :)
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Level 79
Mar 31, 2022
It's a nice quiz though.
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Level 66
Apr 7, 2022
Good stuff! I definitely had to do some guessing, but a course I took last semester that dealt a lot with the Pueblo People helped a fair bit.

I was a bit surprised at how few North American groups (Iroquois, Algonquin, Blackfoot, Haida, etc) were on here, but maybe that's just because I'm more familiar with them

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Level 49
Jun 19, 2022
Thank you for the interesting quiz on a topic matter in which I have very limited knowledge. I was surprised I ended up with 21/30, and am impressed that it's pretty much par for the course for Jetpunk users - you're a knowledgeable bunch.