Latin America Native Review Question Preview (ID: 48861)


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What did the Maya do before other civilizations?
a) all of the answers
b) They invented chocolate.
c) Observed the cycles of the sun, moon and stars
d) The concept of zero.

What was the location of the Maya?
a) All of the Yucatan Peninsula and modern-day Guatemala.
b) Northern Ecuador to central Chile.
c) Central Mexico
d) Amazon Basin

What shape were the temples built in?
a) stepped pyramid
b) stepped dome
c) cubed
d) stepped rectangle

Who was at the top of the Maya society?
a) king
b) nobles
c) astronomers
d) priests

Where did the Aztecs come from?
a) northern Mexico
b) southern Mexico
c) eastern Mexico
d) western Mexico

What ended the Aztecs rule over Central Mexico?
a) all of the answers
b) war with the Spanish and rivals
c) small pox disease
d) instability within the empire

Who was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs?
a) Hernan Cortes
b) Francisco Pizzaro
c) Diego Velazquez
d) Hernandez do Cadobra

How were the Incas created?
a) By the sun god, Inti.
b) By the creator god, Viracocha
c) By the rain god, Apu Illapu
d) none of the answers

What was the religious belief in the Inca Empire?
a) many gods
b) one god
c) no gods
d) two gods

What ended the Inca empire?
a) all of the answers
b) Invasion of the Spanish
c) small pox disease
d) Instability of the leadership

What Spanish explorer conquered the Inca Empire?
a) Francisco Pizarro
b) Hernan Cortes
c) Hernandez de Cordoba
d) Diego Velazquez

How were the Mayans punished for breaking the laws?
a) all of the answers
b) death
c) slavery
d) fines

When did the Aztecs build their capital city of Tenochtitlan?
a) 1375
b) 1275
c) 1325
d) 1175

What current city is built over Tenochtitlan?
a) Mexico City
b) Cuzco
c) Machu Picchu
d) Washington DC

What were quipus?
a) a series of strings with knots
b) The name given to the irrigation system created by the Incas.
c) The name of the calendar for the Inca
d) The name given to the stone buildings the Incas built.

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