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Latin America Unit Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the Incas adapt their farming to their mountainous environment?

a)

Circle Farming

b)

Floating Crops

c)

Stone Terrace Farming

d)

They did not farm.

2.

What three early civilizations were once located in Central/Latin America?

a)

Spanish, Portuguese, French

b)

Mexicans, Cubans, Costa Ricans

c)

Mayans, Aztecs, Incas

d)

Americans, Canadians, Europeans

3.

Aqueducts were built by the Incan civilization in order to carry water from a distant source to their crops in the Andes Mountains. This is an example of -

a)

movement

b)

immigration

c)

human environment interaction

d)

location

4.

What animal was an essential part of life in the Incan empire?

a)

Horse

b)

Camel

c)

Llama

d)

Buffalo

5.

Which of the following is the best definition of hieroglyphics?

a)

A form of writing using pictures rather than letters.

b)

Pipes or channels designed to carry water.

c)

Military officers who were very strict.

d)

How goods and services were produced.

6.

Which of the following best describes an aqueduct?

a)

An ancient coin from the Inca people.

b)

A duck that like to drink water.

c)

A plantation owned by Spaniards

d)

Pipes or channels designed to carry water was a distant source.

7.

Which of the following statements refers to Aztec farming?

a)

They forced conquered peoples to do the farming.

b)

They were not very skilled farmers.

c)

Their religion prohibited raising corn as a crop.

d)

They grew crops on small islands that they built in the lake.

8.

What are the three main sources of cultural groups of Latin America and the Caribbean?

a)

Africans, Asians, Catholics

b)

Africans, Europeans, Native Americans

c)

Asians, Native Americans, Europeans

d)

Native Americans, Aborigines, Europeans

9.

I am the shortcut that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

a)

Tallahassee Canal

b)

Gibraltar Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Suez Canal

10.

This ocean is located on the western side of Latin America.

a)

Arctic

b)

Indian

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

11.

Which regions make up Latin America.

a)

Mexico, North America, Central America, Caribbean

b)

North America, Central America, South America, Caribbean

c)

South America, Central America, Mexico, Caribbean

d)

South America, Mexico, South America, Caribbean

12.
Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca
a)
Machu Picchu
b)
Chichen Itza
c)
Pueblo Bonita
d)
Cahokia
13.

Where was the Aztec empire located?

a)

Central Mexico

b)

Yucatan Peninsula

c)

Modern day California

d)

Chile and Peru

14.

The Incan civilization developed

a)

along a narrow desert bordering the Pacific Ocean.

b)

in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest.

c)

in the Andes mountains of South America.

d)

on islands off the coast of South America.

15.

Who built the Panama Canal?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Panama

d)

United States

16.
The Aztec capital city was built in the middle of ___________ ________________.
a)
Indigenous
b)
Mexico City
c)
Lake Texcoco
d)
Consequnces
17.
Native to a particular area or region...
a)
Warriors
b)
Consequences
c)
Gardens
d)
Indigenous
18.
Inca runners carried messages over stone _____________ & rope _____________.
a)
Roads/bridges
b)
Causeway/trees
c)
Consequences/causeway
d)
Inca/Aztec
19.
What disease killed thousands of people in Mexico in 1520?
a)
H1N1
b)
Smallpox
c)
Bird Flu
d)
Pig Flu
20.
The capital of the Inca Empire was ________.
a)
Cuzco
b)
Lake Texcoco
c)
New Mexico
d)
Houston
21.
______________ conquered the Aztec empire for Spain.
a)
Montezuma II
b)
Atahualpa
c)
Prince Henry the Navigator
d)
Hernan Cortez
22.
Chinampas were floating __________.
a)
Western
b)
Gardens
c)
Causeway
d)
Warriors
23.
This is a term for "Middle America" refers to Mexico, Central America, and the Northern part of South America.
a)
Sub Sahara
b)
Mesoamerica
c)
Sahel
d)
Caribbeano Centralio
24.
Why were human sacrifices made?
a)
too many people loved in the city
b)
a punishment for not following the rules
c)
to please the gods
d)
animals were considered sacred so humans were used
25.
The Mayans were located at what letter on the map?
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a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
26.

The ballgame that Mayas watched for entertainment was also

a)

A sacred ritual

b)

A game everyone played

c)

a test of intellect

d)

the way new kings were picked

27.

The Mayan diet consisted mainly of this major crop

a)

Potatoes

b)

Maize

c)

Rice

d)

Cotton

28.

True or False: The Maya were united under a single government ?

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The Maya

a)

had a system of writing like hieroglyphics that represented sounds and also had a system for numbers

b)

spoke Nahuatl

c)

spoke Quechua

d)

built chinampas on Lake Texcoco

30.

The Maya civilization was a group of connected city-states.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?

a)

They built a pyramid

b)

They played a complicated ball game

c)

They created a 365 day calendar

d)

all of the above

32.

Most Maya scribes recorded their people's history in a folded book made of tree bark called

a)

a glyph

b)

a book

c)

a stelae

d)

a codex

33.

When the Aztec arrived in Central Mexico the area was

a)

dominated by city-states

b)

dominated by the Maya

c)

Empty, ready for them to build a grand empire

d)

a wall of skulls

34.

What's the name of the Aztec Capital?

a)

Texcoco

b)

Chinapa

c)

Templo Mayor

d)

Tenochtitlan

35.

Who was the most powerful person in Aztec culture?

a)

The Emperor

b)

The Priest

c)

The person who made the sacrifices at the temple

d)

The Warrior

36.

The Aztecs

a)

spoke Nahuatl

b)

spoke Spanish

c)

spoke English

d)

spoke Quechua