AP Latin America and Asia Review

Native Americans who ruled Mexico and area before the Spanish conquered it. Built an empire around Tenochtitlan.

• Aztec
• Maya
• Inca
• Olmec

Narrow strips of land created that were surrounded by canals, built by the Aztecs for farming

• terrace
• chinampas
• isthmus
• agriculture

Meso-American Indian people of Yucatan Peninsula between 250-900 AD

• Maya
• Inca
• Aztec
• Olmec

Last Aztec emperor who was overthrown by the Spanish conquistadors

• Amazon
• Andes
• Pizarro
• Montezuma

Earliest major Mesoamerican culture

• Olmec
• Inca
• Maya
• Amazon

ancient carved stone markers with important dates and events used by the Maya

• tribute
• stelae
• codex
• hieroglyphics

payment or sacrifice made in return for protection

• bribe
• codex
• Montezuma
• tribute

Which civilization was located near the physical feature shown on this map?

• Incan

• Toltec

• Mayan

• Aztec

What was the Inca method of doing math and record keeping by using a rope of knotted cords of different lengths and colors?

• Quipu
• Machu Picchu
• Moche
• Olmec

Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca

• Machu Picchu
• Chichen Itza
• Pueblo Bonita
• Cahokia