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7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 11

Aztec, Inca & Conquest

Empires of the Americas and their conquest

What your child practices

The Aztec (Mexica) and Inca empires, Cahokia and the Maya after 600 CE, the Spanish conquest and its effects, and Native resistance. Many Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken today.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 6/7.H.CP.13; 6/7.H.CE.7; 6/7.H.CC.6; 6/7.C.PI.2 · Indigenous civilizations of the Americas to 1500, governance after 600 CE, and how conquest affected Indigenous peoples

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Conquest means…

    • taking control of a place by force
    • trading fairly
    • a kind of farming

  2. Question 2

    The Aztec Empire collected… from conquered peoples.

    • tribute
    • nothing
    • votes

  3. Question 3

    Inca farmers grew potatoes on…

    • terraces cut into mountainsides
    • desert sand
    • floating gardens

  4. Question 4

    Aztec farmers grew crops on floating gardens called…

    • terraces
    • paddies
    • chinampas

  5. Question 5

    The Inca built a huge network of… across the Andes.

    • roads
    • railroads
    • canals

  6. Question 6

    Under the Inca labor tax called mit'a, people…

    • worked on public projects for the state
    • paid in silver coins
    • served as priests

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