Geography
Cities of Middle America and the Caribbean
Culture
Empires
Physical Features
100
This is the largest country of Mesoamerica.
What is Mexico?
100
This city, the capital of Mexico, is the largest of North America.
What is Mexico City?
100
He was the last Aztec emperor.
Who is Montezuma II?
100
He conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Cortes?
100
The Gulf of _______ is located between Mexico and Florida.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
200
This large island nation is located just below Florida.
What is Cuba?
200
This northern Mexico city is located just south of San Diego.
What is Tijuana?
200
The Aztec used this to make a bitter drink, today we use it (mixed with milk and sugar) to make chocolate.
What is cacao?
200
Term for paying taxes in the Aztec Empire.
What is paying tribute?
200
Jamaica is located in this sea.
What is the Caribbean?
300
Area (of Mesoamerica) where the Maya built an empire.
What is Yucatan Peninsula?
300
The capital of Cuba.
What is Havana?
300
Maize is this popular vegetable.
What is corn?
300
This empire (from the Yucatan) produced a calendar of 365 days.
What is the Mayan Empire?
300
The capital city of this country is built on the same sight as the capital of the Aztec Empire (Tenochtitlan).
What is Mexico?
400
Island nation of the Caribbean where reggae music was born.
What is Jamaica?
400
The capital of the Aztec empire.
What is Tenochtitlan?
400
The Maya had this, the Romans did not.
What is a zero?
400
Which group came first: the Olmec, the Aztec, or the Maya.
What is the Olmec?
400
A great canal which connects the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific is located in this country.
What is Panama?
500
Country located north of Panama (its name means "rich coast").
What is Costa Rica?
500
The Aztec knew they had found the area to build their capital when they saw this.
What is an eagle, perched on a cactus, devouring a serpent?
500
Name 2 things that the Aztec got from the Maya.
What is architecture, calendar(s), pictograms, ball game, human sacrifice.
500
Which empire came last: the Olmec, the Aztec, or the Maya
What is the Aztec?
500
All of the countries of Mesoamerica are: a. N. latitude, E. longitude; b. S. lat, W. long; c. N. latitude, W. longitude
What is North latitude and West longitude?
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