Name that country
Indigenous Civilizations
Open Response
Collapse of Indigenous civilizations
History
100
Name this country
Mexico
100
What indigenous civilization built the city of Tenochtitlan?
A. Maya - B. Aztec - C. Olmec - D. Taino
B. Aztecs
100
What is one way geography affects how people live?
- Getting food from nature/farming
- pollution
- mountains make trade/travel difficult
- water connects people and gives people food
- etc.
100
Who was the first European who made contact with indigenous civilization in the Americas, leading to centuries of enslavement and slaughter?
Christopher Colombus
100
What fruit has a dark history of colonialism, slavery and murder in Central America?
Bananas
200
What is this country?
Jamaica
200
What indigenous civilization built giant stone heads to honor their leaders?
A. Maya - B. Aztec - C. Olmec - D. Taino
C. Olmec
200
Volcanoes provide fertile soil. What does this mean?
Fertile soil means that the land is healthy and is good for agriculture/farming
200
What killed more indigenous people than anything else?
Disease (smallpox)
200
What country was created due to the first and only succesful revolution by enslaved peoples?
Haiti
300
Name this country.
Cuba
300
What indgenous civilization developed the calendar and excelled in mathematics and astronomy?
A. Maya - B. Aztec - C. Olmec - D. Taino
A. Maya
300
Why is the Panama Canal important?
The Panama Canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (Caribbean Sea) making trade and travel much easier and faster.
300
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the decline of the Mayan civilization?
A. Disease - B. Drought and Climate change - C. Wars between Mayan city states - D. Europeans
D. Europeans
300
What war in 1898 gave the USA control over Puerto Rico?
Spanish-American War
400
Name 1 of the 2 countries on the island of Hispaniola.
Dominican Republic, Haiti
400
What indigenous civilization was the first to be contacted by Europeans?
A. Maya - B. Aztec - C. Olmec - D. Taino
D. Taino
400
Costa Rica protected their natural land to help their economy. How might conservation support a country's economy?
By promoting Ecotourism, countries can make money of tourists visiting and spending money at National Parks and other protected environments.
400
What are the 3 Gs that the defined the Europeans quest to conquer the Americas?
God, Glory, Gold
400
Mexico City was built by the Spanish after they conquered what Aztec city?
Tenochtitlan
500
Name all 7 countries in Central America.
Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
500
What indigenous civilization built the city of Chichén Itzá with its giant pyramids. It is located in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Maya
500
Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth territory. What does this mean?
Puerto Rico is not a state or country. PR has local self-government but is controlled by the United States. Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico cannot vote for president or be represented in U.S. congress. Puerto Ricans pay taxes to social secruity but do not get the benefits of it.
500
The defeat of the Aztecs gave the Spanish control over the Americas. This led to the Colombian Exchange. Due to the Colombian Exhange, what was bought, sold, and traded throughout the Atlantic for the next 400 years?
Human Beings (people who were enslaved from Africa)
500
In 1962 during the Cold War, the USA and Soviet Union came moments away from firing nuclear weapons at each other. What was this event called?
The Cuban Missile Crisis