WorksheetsUnit 3: Latin America & Maya DBQ Quiz Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 23mins
What are the three regions that make up Latin America?
Mexico & Central America, Caribbean Islands, South America
Mexico, Central America, South America
North America, South America, Caribbean Islands
All of Latin America is on the same continent.
True
False
What body of water is number 1?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
What body of water is number 3?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
What geographical feature is #3?
Andes Mountains
Yucatan Peninsula
Amazon Basin
What geographical feature is number 8?
Patagonia
Andes Mountains
The Pompas
Amazon Basin
What body of water is this?
Lake Erie
Great Bear Lake
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Latin America is divided into 3 regions. Select all that apply.
Mexico and Central America
North and South America
Caribbean
South America
On what continent is the Amazon Rainforest?
Europe
North America
South America
What river runs through the Amazon Rainforest?
The Nile
The Amazon
The Mississippi
The Amazon River is...
The longest river in the world.
The second longest river in the world
As long as River Nile.
The Maya civilization was a group of connected city-states.
True
False
What is a city-state?
an artificial field of mud and vegetation used to produce crops
the building where a bureaucrat works
the great pyramid that stood at the center of the city
a city with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state
From the list, pick the two Maya cities.
Tenochtitlan
Cuzco
Copan
Chichen Itza
Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?
They built a pyramid
They played a complicated ball game
They created a 365 day calendar
all of the above
Define archeology
(branch of science) the study of human history and prehistory by studying things that people made, used and left behind.
a person who studies artifacts and object made by people and used by people
an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
Define archeologist
(branch of science) the study of human history and prehistory by studying things that people made, used and left behind.
a person who studies artifacts and object made by people and used by people
an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
Define artifact
(branch of science) the study of human history and prehistory by studying things that people made, used and left behind.
a person who studies artifacts and object made by people and used by people
an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
Which color represents where the Maya civilization was located?
blue
gray
red
green
What led to the demise (downfall) of the Maya?
possible drought (Environmental Change)
possible overuse of the land (famine)
possible invasion (warfare)
possible all of the above
How did the Mayan civilization end?
A neighboring tribe conquered them
They were captured by Portuguese sailors
Cortes conquered them
They abandoned their cities and disappeared
How long did the Mayans live in Mesoamerica before the Spanish arrived?
100 years
Thousands of Years
a decade (10 years)
just a few days
Stalagmites show that there was an incredibly dry period that coincided with the Mayan downfall.
True
False
What reasons have convinced historians that the Mayans were warlike?
several different artifacts left behind such as monuments and paintings
historians do not believe the Mayans were warlike
the Mayans today have passed down stories
from watching documentaries
Stalagmites show that there was an incredibly dry period that coincided with the Mayan downfall.
True
False
What led to the demise (downfall) of the Maya?
possible drought (Environmental Change)
possible overuse of the land (famine)
possible invasion (warfare)
possible all of the above
