World Geography A SNS Finals

The Aztec Empire was centered around which city?

• Chichen Itza

• Cuzco

• Tenochtitlan

• Machu Picchu

What led to the decline of the Aztec Empire?

• Climate change and other factors
• Spanish conquest and other factors
• Alien invasion and other factors
• Aztec leaders' peaceful negotiations with the Spanish

Middle America can be divided into two different spheres, the mainland and the

• South America

• Rimland

• Mountains

• Island

The rimland’s sprawling plantations where the slaves worked were focused on primarily growing which crop for export?

• Cotton
• Coffee
• Wheat
• Sugar

Which of the following answer choices best describes subsistence farming?

• where farmers grow food to feed wild animals
• where farmers grow enough food to sell and make profit on

• where farmers grow enough food to feed themselves and their families
• where farmers grow food to power machinery

Mestizo refers to someone of

• mixed European and Amerindian, or indigenous American, descent.

• mixed European and Asian descent

• Mixed European and Australian descent

Which of the following best describes haciendas?

• Haciendas are small urban apartments in Latin America.

• Haciendas are ancient ruins found in Latin America.

• Haciendas are traditional dances performed in Latin America.

• Haciendas are Spanish estates where a variety of crops were grown for both local and international markets

In 1494 CE, the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed, dividing up territory in the New World between which two colonial empires?

• England and Spain

• England and France

• Spain and Portugal

• Germany and Holland

Which South American civilization built Machu Picchu without the use of mortar, metal tools, or the wheel?

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Inuit

refers to the part of the economy where goods and services are bought and sold without being taxed or monitored by the government

• Haciendas

• Informal sector

• Primate City

• market