Latin American Exemption Quizizz

1. What is the best way to describe Colombia?

• It has a Pacific Coast and an Atlantic Coast; it has part of the Amazon Rainforest and part of the Andes Mountains; it has the Panama Canal.

• It is the northernmost country in South America; it has the southern tip of the Sierra Madre Mountains; it touches the Gulf of Mexico.

• It has the largest population in Latin America; it has the Amazon Rainforest; it has a long Atlantic coastline; it shares a border with nine countries.

• It has an Atlantic Coast and a Pacific Coast; it shares a border with five countries; it has the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Rainforest.

Columbus thought that you could reach Asia by sailing ____ across the Atlantic Ocean.

• east
• west
• north 
• south

Columbus reached Asia.

• True
• False

Columbus actually landed on an island in the _________.

• Atlantic Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Caribbean Sea
• Adriatic Sea

Why were the Spanish interested in the new world?

• Silver
• Power and Money
• Gold and Converting The Aztecs
• Spices and Trae

What civilization was located in modern day Peru

• Inca
• Aztec
• Iroquois
• Mayans

What civilization was located in modern day Mexico

• Inca
• Aztec
• Iroquois

The Inca and Aztecs often had to choose between slavery and death if they did not do what?

• Pay taxes
• Remain loyal to King Charles V
• Convert to christianity
• Serve in the military

What is the meaning of the spanish word "Conquistador" 

• Conquerors
• Courageous
• Corrupt
• Crazy

What is a "set of strings with knots. The Number and size of the knots conveyed meaning to the Inca."

• Quipu

• Aqueducts

• Hieroglyphics

• Ropes