Vocabulary
Aztec, Inca, or Maya
Physical Geography
General Knowledge
General Knowledge 2
100
A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
100
This civilization developed on a swampy island.
Who are the Aztec?
100
The name that two of Mexico's mountain ranges share.
What is Sierra Madre?
100
This is the river that flows through Latin America.
What is the Amazon River?
100
This civilization were the first to understand the mathematical concept of zero.
Who were the Maya?
200
A current in the Pacific Ocean that results from changes in air pressure and causes widespread changes in weather patterns.
What is El Nino?
200
This civilization developed a 365 day calendar based on the sun's movement.
Who are the Maya?
200
This is the ground that Mexico was built on.
What is a drained lakebed?
200
This is the longest continuous mountain rage on Earth's surface.
What is the Andes?
200
This was the Inca's capital city.
What is Cuzco?
300
A floating garden plot on which crops were grown.
What is a chinampa?
300
This group built stone terraces?
Who are the Inca?
300
This is the coastline that Mexico lies on.
What is the Pacific coast?
300
A large portion of Latin America lies in this climate zone.
What is the Tropical Zone?
300
This city still displays Inca stonework.
What is Machu Picchu?
400
The exchange of goods between Europe and its colonies in North and South America.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
Military service was important to this group.
Who are the Aztec?
400
These are two problems Mexico faces due to its location.
What are air pollution and earthquakes?
400
This is what the plains in South America are called.
What is the Pampas?
400
This disease killed millions of Native Americans.
What is smallpox?
500
The best developed written language in Latin America.
What is hieroglyphs?
500
This group is responsible for building stone roads.
Who are the Inca?
500
These are two ways that islands were formed in Mexico.
What are volcanic mountains and coral reefs?
500
These animals were raised in South America for meat and wool.
What are Llamas?
500
This is the soldier that defeated Atahualpa.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?