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Mesoamerican Civilizations

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. Early settlers migrated to North and South America years ago.
a. 10,000
b. 15,000

c. 20,000

2. The Mayans started to settle in B.C.E.
a. 1600
b. 1700

c. 1800

3. The Mayan cities did not share the same .
a. culture

b. government
c. language

4. The open plazas of the Teotihuacan civilization served as .
a. marketplaces

b. ceremonies halls
c. schools

5. The Toltec civilization was ended by .
a. invaders

b. diseases
c. deforestation

6. The Aztecs were ruled by .
a. a king

b. an emperor
c. a president

7. Some of the descendants of the Incan people still live in .
a. Mexico

b. Colombia

c. Peru
8. The Incan Empire spread the language.

a. Quechua
b. Nahuatl

c. hieroglyphs
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