7.7.2 Practice Test
1.What two large classes was Inca society divided into?
a.serfs & rulers
b.nobles & commoner
c.samurais & nobles
2.How many ranks of nobles are there and who was at the top nobles?
a.2 and there was one highest and only noble
b.4 and nobles at death
c.3 and nobles at birth
3.Nobles at birth held the highest of what positions?
a.wealthiness & smartness.society and scale
c.government & society
4.Who were appointed nobles?
a.People who became nobles because their service to the empire
b.they were born from a king or royal family
c.one in a bet with the king
5.The third rank of nobles were non-Inca chiefs whose territory was conquered in conquest. What were they called?
a.quipus
b.ayllu
c.curacas
6.What were commoners divided into based on what?
a.height and weight
b.age and sex
c.number and populations
7.What did commoner boys between ages 9 and 16 have to do?
a.herded llamas and alpacas
b.gathering wild plants for dyes and medicines
c.feed all animals and prepare food
8.What did commoner girls between the ages 9 to 12 have to do?
a.make food for the nobles and kill animals
b.gathering wild plants for dyes and medicines
c.hunted
9.Between what ages was the heavy work done by men?
a.19 to 80
b.17 to 45
c.25 to 50
10.What age did girls get married, unless chosen as "Chosen Woman"?
a.16
b.23
c.10
11.Members of what had to share everything, such as food and land?
a.Inca
b.alpaca
c.ayllu
12.About how much of their year was committed to festivals and ceremonies?
a.1/8
b.1/3
c.1/2
13.Every plot of land in the Inca Empire was communal property. What is communal property?
a.it is owned and managed by the government for public use
b.It only Nobles could use these facilities
c.Only foreigners used theses
14.Commoners had to be suppliers for state projects by doing labor known as mita. What is mita?
a.food
b.religious teachings and practices
c.labor tax
15.What did Incas not do often because they had the goods they needed?
a.sleep
b.trade and had money
c.fight
16.Religion was important becuase they...
a.never developed a writing system
b.believed their gods told them the truth
c.had nothing else to do
17.Who was the creator god assisted by the gods of the moons, stars, and earth
a.Viracocha
b.Cupachii
c.Lulula
18.Who was the most important god?
a.Aguatiki, the water god
b.Firoari, the fire god
c.Inti, the sun god
19.A Sapa Inca was honored as a living god. When he died what happened to his body?
a.dumped into holly water and left in the ocean
b.he was preserved as mummy
c.was left to get fed to the animals
by Carolina M. (cmaravi)
7.7.2 Pre-test
By:clake9
1. What were the 2 main social classes in the Mayan society?
A Nobles and Commoners
B Soldiers and Civilians
C Rulers and Peasants
D None of the above
2. What did the men do in the Mayan society?
A They watched the children
B hunted, and worked the fields
C played the Mayan ball game
D None of the above
3. How many gods did the Mayans worship?
A 1
B 5
C 2
D more than 1 (unknown)
4. What was the main unit in Mayan society?
A people
B Peasants
C Nobles
D extended family
5. What are the 3 ranks of nobles in the Incan society?
6. What is the community that the Incan commoners lived in?
A groups of houses
B neighborhoods
C ayllus
D None of the above
7. What did all the land in the Incan empire belong to?
8. Why did the Incas perform so many religious rituals?
9. What kind of people were the Aztecs, Incas, and the Mayas?
A agrarian
B hunters and gatherers
C producers
D None of the above
10. What is the percentage of the Nobles in the Aztec society?
A above 50%
B 40%
C 5-10%
D 1%
11. What 2 duties did the commoners' life in the Aztec society revolve around?
12. Who was usually the king of the Aztecs?
13. How many royal advisors were in the group that helped run the government?
A 5
B 2
C 4
D 10
14. How were the Aztec government and religion linked together?
Answers: 1.A 2.B 3.D 4.D 5. Nobles by birth, appointed nobles, and non- Incan chiefs 6.C 7. The government owned all the land for public use. 8. To bring good harvests and to win the gods' favor. 9.A 10.C 11. farming and household duties 12. A member of the royal family, but selected by a council of nobles was the Aztec king. 13.A 14. The monarchs ruled with the gifts from the gods and the government supported religious institutions.