NEW
Font size
WorksheetsLatin America Summative Ch.2 Sections 1-4
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is another word for corn?
Quipu
Census
Maize
Cuzco
What is a system of writing using signs and signals?
Hieroglyphics
Quipu
Aqueduct
Tenochtitlan
Where Mexico City now stands was the capital of the Aztec Empire, what was the city called?
Cuzco
Tenochtitlan
Topa Inca
Pachacuti
A pipe or channel that carries water from a distant source is called a what?
Census
Quipu
Hacienda
Aqueduct
What was the capital of the Incan Empire called?
Tenochtitlan
Cuzco
Topa Inca
Pachacuti
What is an official count of all the people in an area and how they make their living called?
Quipu
Census
Hacienda
Maize
Who was the Incan Emperor who greatly expanded the empire?
Pachacuti
Moctezuma
Atahualpa
Topa Inca
What were the knotted string that the Incas recorded information on called?
Census
Maize
Quipu
Hacienda
In Latin America, what is known as a large farm or plantation?
Hacienda
Caudillo
Criollo
Mestizos
Who was the last Emperor or leader of the Aztecs?
Pachacuti
Topa Inca
Moctezuma
Atahualpa
What do you call a person who is of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry?
Caudillo
Mestizo
Criollo
Cuzco
Who was the first Emperor of the Incas? Clue, he name means "He who shakes the Earth".
Moctezuma
Topa Inca
Atahualpa
Pachacuti
What are the people called who took and ruled the land in the name of Spain?
Caudillos
Conquistadors
Criollos
Who was the Italian explorer who landed in the Americas in the 1400?
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizzaro
Simon Bolivar
Jose de San Martin
Who is the man who defeated the Incas for Spain?
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizzaro
Simon Bolivar
Jose de San Martin
Who was the last of the Incan Emperors?
Topa Inca
Atahualpa
Pachacuti
Moctezuma
Who was the man who defeated the Aztecs for Spain?
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernan Cortes
Miguel Hidalgo
Augustin de Iturbide
What is a person called if they are born in Latin America by Spanish parents?
Caudillos
Criollos
Mestizos
Viceroys
Who led the fight for Mexico's independence from Spain?
Miguel Hidalgo
Augustin de Iturbide
Simon Bolivar
Jose de San Martin
Who was the man who lead Haiti's Independence from France?
Miguel Hidalgo
Jose de San Martin
Simon Bolivar
Toussaint L'Ouverture
This South American revolutionary leader was called "The Liberator".
Miguel Hidalgo
Jose de San Martin
Simon Bolivar
Augustin de iturbide
Which South American revolutionary leader was loved by his men and freed Argentina, Chile and Peru?
Miguel Hidalgo
Jose de San Martin
Simon Bolivar
Augustin de Iturbide
To overthrow a government with another to take its place.
Caudillo
Revolution
Conquistador
Radical
A strict military officer who ruled the land very harshly was know as a ...........
Conquistador
Viceroy
Criollo
Caudillo
This man defeated the Spanish and declared Mexico independent and then became the first President.
Augustin de Iturbide
Miguel Hidalgo
Simon Bolivar
Jose de San Martin
What are the Three Main Regions of Latin America?
Caribbean, Middle America, South America
Caribbean, Spain, Portugal
Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil
Which statement best describes the Mayans?
The Mayans were fierce warriors who conquered all around them and cared for nothing except war.
The Mayans created a very accurate calendar and wrote down their histories using hieroglyphics.
The Mayans created a very educated and advanced society that lasted to about the 1400's.
Which best describes the Aztecs?
The Aztecs were a peaceful tribe in the 1100-1500s and were later made part of Spain.
The Aztecs conquered most of Mexico and Central America and were advanced at science and farming.
The Aztecs were defeated by the Mayans and the Incas in the late 1500s.
The main reasons the Spanish defeated the Aztecs was because they had.........
Advanced Weapons, Native Allies, and Foreign Diseases
Native Allies, Christianity, and Better Clothes
Navigation Tools, Horses, and the arrival of Christopher Columbus
Which statement is most true?
The Incan civilization was stamped out by the Spanish.
The Incan Capital was in Tenochtitlan.
The Incan civilization began in the 1200s in modern day Peru.
Which European country had the most influence on Latin America?
France
Spain
England
Portugal
Who were the two revolutionary leaders responsible for the independence of Mexico?
Bolivar and San Martin
Cortes and Pizzaro
Colombus and L'Ouverture
Iturbide and Hidalgo
True or False- The "Cry of Dolores" was another name for Bolivar's revolution against Spanish rule.
True
False
True or False- Cortes defeated the Aztecs in 1521 after killing close to 240,000 of them.
True
False
True or False- The "Treaty of Tordesillas" was an agreement between Spain and France to divide up Latin America.
True
False
True or False- After the Incas were defeated by Spain they no longer existed in South America.
True
False
True or False- The people of Latin America were inspired to revolt by that of other revolts in Spain and Portugal.
True
False
True or False- The combined efforts of Bolivar and San Martin expelled the Spanish from South America.
True
False
True or False- The independence of Mexico from Spain was the work of both a Priest Father Hidalgo and a former Spanish Officer Jose de San Martin.
True
False
True or False- The only real advantage the Spanish had over the Aztecs was superior weaponry.
True
False
True or False- The many aspects of Aztec culture and traditions still exist to this day.
True
False
True or False- After Spain and Portugal took control of Latin America other European powers followed.
True
False
True or False- Cuzco the capital of the Incas was destroyed like Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs.
True
False
True or False- The Spanish and other Europeans brought thousands of African slaves to the Americas to replace the natives they had slaughtered by war or disease.
True
False
True or False- Bolivar wanted to create a United States of South America.
True
False
