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LATIN AMERICA VOCABULAY

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a farming method in with trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned to enrich the poor soil of the rainforest.

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

potato cultivation

c)

slash and burn agriculture

d)

polytheism

2.

a symbol derived from a picture that stands for a word, idea, or sound.

a)

polytheism

b)

hieroglyphic

c)

Huitzilopochtli

d)

scale/key

3.

Spanish explorers who conquered territory

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

indigenous people

d)

conquistadors

4.

Took over Aztec city which is now Mexico City in 1519

a)

Beringia

b)

Moctezuma

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Quipu

5.

a lower ranked social group of mixed American Indian descent

a)

mestizos

b)

mulattoes

c)

creoles

d)

peninsulares

6.

the exchange of people. other living things and ideas between two hemispheres

a)

treaty

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

colonialism

d)

triple alliance

7.

An Aztec emperor

a)

Pizarro

b)

Nahuati

c)

Montezuma

d)

Beringia

8.

study of human and nonhuman features of Earth

a)

cartography

b)

polytheism

c)

topography

d)

geography

9.

north, south, east, and west

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

10.

northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast

a)

intermediate directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

11.

the position north or south of the equator (imaginary lines go from east to west)

a)

intermediate directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

12.

position east or west of the Prime Merdian (imaginary lines run north to south)

a)

intermediate directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

13.

imaginary line that seperates north and south hemispheres into 2 equal halves

a)

equator

b)

Prime Meridan

c)

Greenwich

d)

North Pole

14.

imaginary line that separates the globe into east and west hemisperes

a)

equator

b)

Prime Meridan

c)

Greenwich

d)

North Pole

15.

the area a given space on the map or globe might correspond to in the real world

a)

equinox

b)

solstice

c)

zone

d)

scale

16.

average weather of a place over many years

a)

weather

b)

tectonics

c)

faults

d)

climate

17.

beliefs, customs, practices and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people

a)

culture

b)

traits

c)

immigrant

d)

diversity

18.

an exchange of goods and services

a)

trade

b)

production

c)

supply

d)

tariff

19.

The globe is divided into 2 equal

a)

continents

b)

oceans

c)

quadrants

d)

hemispheres

20.

a type of map that shows features and sometimes elevation of a particular area or region in a two-dimensional format

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

economic map

d)

topography

21.

a type of map that represents divisions, or human-created boundaries, of the world, continents and major geographic regions

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

economic map

d)

topography map

22.

a symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions.

a)

scale

b)

key

c)

compass rose

d)

longitude and latitude lines

23.

a large continuous mass of land

a)

ocean

b)

continent

c)

elevation

d)

mountain

24.

the distance above sea level

a)

continent

b)

geography

c)

mountain

d)

elevation

25.

lived in the rainforest in Mesoamerica in ancient times

a)

Olmec

b)

pilgrims

c)

Zapotec

d)

Maya

26.

a society containing highly developed forms of government, culture, industry, and common social norms.

a)

civilization

b)

colonialism

c)

migration

d)

conquistadors

27.

developed in the highlands of central Mexico, more specifically the valley of Mexico

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Inca

d)

Quipu

28.

the Aztec's built this city

a)

Quetzalcoatl

b)

Huitzilopochtli

c)

Yucatan

d)

Tenochtitlan

29.

included all kings of Tlacopan and Texcoco to support one another with troops and to chare control of the Aztec Empire

a)

aqueducts

b)

triple alliance

c)

conquistadors

d)

Hispaniola

30.

built new empires and connected the Americas to the rest of the world.

a)

Columbus

b)

Cortes

c)

L'Overture

d)

Pizarro

31.

links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

a)

Machu Picchu

b)

Sierra Nevada

c)

Strait of Magellan

d)

Panama Canal

32.

in Haiti, he led a rebellion against their french rulers

a)

Pizzaro

b)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

c)

Simon Bolivar

d)

Beringia

33.

located to the right of Central America and Mexico and north or South America

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Mediterranean Sea

34.

Hispaniola consists of

a)

Cuba and Haiti

b)

Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

c)

Haiti and Dominican Republic

d)

Cuba and Jamaica

35.

The god that the Aztecs worshipped and thought would bring them success in battle and made the sun rise is

a)

Huitzilopochtli

b)

Tlaloc

c)

Titicaca

d)

Quetzalcoatl

36.

Lies south of the Caribbean Islands and east of Central America.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Mediterranan Sea

d)

Caribbean Sea

37.

In Mexico, most speak Spanish, but many speak....

a)

Haitian Creole

b)

Portuguese

c)

English

d)

Nahuatl

38.

This is located to the left of Mexico and Central America....

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Gulf of Mexico

39.

This is located between Mexico and the Caribbean Islands.....

a)

Amazon River

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

40.
a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Belize

d)

Cuba

41.

Mesoamerican Indians who occupied southern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Belize are the.....

a)

maya

b)

aztec

c)

Inca

d)

olmec

42.

“Feathered Serpent,” was an important god to the ancient people of Mesoamerica, also called .......

a)

Quetzalcoatl

b)

Huitzilopochtli

c)

Quipu

d)

Tenochtitlan

43.

describes any group of people native to a specific region. In other words, it refers to people who lived there before colonists or settlers arrived.....

a)

conquistadors

b)

polytheism

c)

Quipu

d)

indigenous

44.

any good or service brought in from one country to another

a)

export

b)

import

c)

resource

d)

quipu

45.


goods and services produced in the home country for sale to other markets

a)

imports

b)

exports

c)

resources

d)

quipu