Latin America's Early History B

The Maya developed a complex writing system using what?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

Which two cities were important in the Maya civilization?

• Machu Picchu and Cuzco

• Copan and Tikal

What was the Aztec capital built on an island in Lake Texcoco?

• Cuzco

• Tenochtitlan

The Inca used the (a)   system for record-keeping.

• Quipu
• Hieroglyphics
• Abacus
• Papyrus

The Maya developed an advanced system that included the concept of what?

• Infinity

• Zero

European nations raced to the New World for what three things?

• Land, Labor, and Love

• Gold, Glory, and God

The ____________ set an imaginary line dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Versailles

The civilization that developed an advanced mathematical system that included the concept of zero was the (a)   civilization.

• Aztec
• Inca
• Maya
• Olmec

Who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

• Moctezuma II

• Hernán Cortés

The social structure in Spanish colonies placed which group at the top?

• Peninsulares

• Indigenous people