Latin American 2024 First Sem. Final

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Which is NOT a feat of Inca engineering: Complex stonework that doesn't need mortar, Floating gardens called Chinampas and causeways that cross Lake Texcoco, The great road through the Andes, Terraces built into the mountainside upon which to farm?

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Floating gardens called Chinampas and causeways that cross Lake Texcoco

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The Olmec civilization is most known for creating these: roads, hieroglyphics, chinampas, giant stone heads.

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giant stone heads

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The Olmec are considered to be

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"Mother" civilization because they heavily influenced those that came after.

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Where were the Inca located?

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In the Andes mountains of South America, primarily in present-day Peru

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Which MesoAmerican empire was most known for its fearsome warriors?

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Aztec Empire

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Which ancient civilization built their city on a lake in what is now part of Mexico City?

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Aztecs

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Religions of the early Meso and South Americans were

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polytheistic and ritualistic

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Which culture did Christopher Columbus first make contact with? Options: Aztecs, Taino, Maya, Inca

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Taino

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Which was NOT a factor that helped the Spanish conquer the Natives in the Americas?
Diseases,
Allying with other tribes,
Better technology,
Their armies outnumbering the Native tribes

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Their armies outnumbering the Native tribes

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The system of land grants from the Spanish king that essentially enslaved the Natives to the Spanish was called

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Encomienda System