Geography of Latin America
This term refers to the region that includes Mexico, Central America, most of South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico and highlights shared cultural heritage rather than a strict map boundary.
What is Latin America?
Name the island city that served as the Aztecs capital on Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochitilan?
Mountain range was the core of the Inca Empire
What are the Andes Mountains?
This__________ is a picture or symbol that represents a word or idea.
What is a pictograph?
Maize, a grain crop was one of the ____________ for Latin America.
Name the large peninsula in southeastern Mexico where the Maya civilization developed
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
The agricultural technique Aztecs use to grow crops, were floating gardens.
What are Chinampas?
Name the Incan city that was the political and religious center.
What is Cuzco?
This ___________ preserves religious, historical, and administrative records.
What is a codex/What are codices?
These were called floating gardens, which are raised beds in shallow lake water where the Aztecs grew crops.
What are "Chinampas"
The Gulf of Mexico provided access to these and allowed for trade in what?
What are Trade routes and salt, fish, and shells?
This mineral was important in Mesoamerican culture, it was black, shiny, and sharp(volcanic glass) and was used in trade and religious ceremonies.
What is obsidian?
Describe one engineering adaptaion the Inca used to farm.
What is terrace farming ?
Pictographs can tell us about this acronym about history.
Hint: look around the room
What is G.R.A.P.E.S
The Spanish military conquerors went by the titled what?
What are Conquistadors?
The Andes mountains were beneficial by
What is terrace farming, climate control, and defensible positions?
Tenochitilan was built on an island in a lake, so the Aztecs relied on this for transportation and trade
What are boats and canals?
Explain why the Inca road system was important for creating order and meeting the needs of subjects.
What is communication? What is tax collection?
What is Military Movement?
Identify the creator, cross referencing with other sources, and examine the purpose are all ways to evaluate the ________
What is authority and validity?
Had a role in record keeping.
Codex?
Causeways helped Tenochtitlan function as a major city by connection to the mainland and allowing
What is trade and military movement?
This helped connect Tenochitilan stay connected and function as a major city.
What are causeways?
The Incas used Terrance farming to maintain controlled by providing surpluses.
What is increase food production?
A pictograph showing a ruler and agricultural symbols can show the relationship between ___________ and _____________.
What is ruler and food production?
Hernan Cortez came in contact with this group of people.
What are the Aztecs