Latin America History

People have been living in Latin America for

• Thousands of years

• Since 1492

• Since 1519

• 500 years

The Maya were excellent at Math

• True

• False

The Maya disappeared around ___ AD

The reasons why the Maya may have disappeared include

• Drought

• Warfare

• Disease

• All

The most common purpose many Pyramids were built all over the world was for

• War

• views

• religion

• terrace farming

One reason the Aztec were so warlike was to capture enemies for

• Sacrifices

• ransom

• money

• slaves

These people perfected terrace farming because most of their lands were hilly and mountainous

• Olmec

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec in two years

• Cortez

• Pizarro

• Castro

• Benito

He managed to surprise the Spanish by crossing the Andes mountains with his army

• Cortez

• Pizarro

• San Martin

• Castro

The Latin American colonies were inspired by this revolution to liberate themselves from Spain

• American

• Russian

• Industrial

• None