World Geography Final Exam Review (incomplete)

Which of the following has made it difficult for modern-day scholars to have a fuller understanding of Maya civilization?

• The Maya language has never been decoded

• The Maya never developed a writing system

• Most Maya books were destroyed by the Spanish

• Many Maya books were destroyed by volcanic eruptions

Why might the information we have today about Aztec culture by inaccurate?

• It mostly comes from Aztec enemies in the region

• It was written down only by Spanish priests

• It was written down only by Aztec rulers

• It mostly comes from Spanish sources

How did the Inca pay their taxes?

• by giving gold to the ruler

• by giving crops to the priests

• by performing labor for wealthy landowners

• by performing labor for the central government

Why did Inca carve terraces into hillsides?

• to create places to shelter llamas

• to create places to build temples

• to create places to build houses

• to create places to grow crops

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What weakened the Inca empire before the arrival of the Spanish?

• a civil war

• a lack of gold

• a rebellion of slaves

• an extended drought

Which of these groups did not practice human sacrifice?

• Olmec

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztec

The formal region of Latin America

• spans 7,000 miles on the South American continent

• spans 7,000 miles on the North American continent

• spans 7,000 miles on both the North and South American continents

• spans 7,000 miles in the Andes mountains

The two major mountain ranges of Latin America are

• Andes and Rocky

• Andes and Appalachian

• Andes and Sierra Madre

• Sierra Madre and Rocky

Which of these bodies of water does not border Latin America

• Hudson Bay

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Carribean

Which of these rivers dos not empty into the Atlantic?

• Parana

• Mississippi

• Orinoco

• Amazon