Nearpod: South America Colonization

What is the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area?

• Colonization

• Unlimited Government

• Limited Government

• Pioneers

What are the characteristic of the Olmecs?

Select THREE.

• 1200 BC

• Farmed by muddy rivers

• 200,000 habitants

• Large cities,

  La Venta

What were the beliefs of the Aztecs people?

Select THREE.

• Men were born as warriors.

• Women with no children were warriors too.

• Women were not equal.

• Women were born to stay at home and raise children.

The Incas originated in a small community in the mountains of Peru.

• True

• False

Inca's buildings were made of close fitting stones with no mortar in order to withstand (what type of weather) ____.

• hurricanes

• heavy rainfall

• earthquakes

• cold fronts

What disease killed almost all of the Incans?

• Yellow Fever

• COVID-19

• Measles

• Smallpox

What was the famous Incan city built 8,000 feet in the mountains of Peru?

• Andre Mountains

• Machu Picchu

• Cuzco

• Lima

Four million Aztecs lived in the "Valley of Mexico". Power was vested in a monarchy who believed they were ____.

• descendance from the gods

• born warriors

• Aztecs

• Mayans

What is the sophisticated writing system based on pictures (example: Mayan calendar)?

• Itzamna

• Human

  Sacrifice

• Hieroglyphics

• Supreme God

What are the characteristics of the Mayan culture?

Select THREE.

• Located on the Yucatan Peninsula.

• Roads to temples were guarded by the Pyramid of the Sun.

• Most sophisticated civilization in the Americas.

• Took place during the time period of

  300-900 A.D.