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Early Civilizations
The Incas
European Conquest
Independence
Issues in Latin America Today
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a form of writing used by Mayas
What is hieroglyphics?
100
Knotted strings used for keeping records.
What is quipu?
100
Conquerors working for Spain.
What were conquistadors?
100
People of Spanish descent born in Latin America; some led the fight for independence.
What are criollos?
100
An agreement that made trade easier between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
What is NAFTA?
200
A tax paid to Aztec conquerors.
What is tribute?
200
A pipe or channel that carries water.
What are aqueducts?
200
People of mixed Spanish and Native American descent
What are mestizos?
200
The first European colony to win independence.
What is Haiti?
200
Many people have moved, or done this to urban areas or large cities
What is migrated?
300
This group built a city with floating gardens which was a major accomplishment.
What are the Aztecs?
300
Two accomplishments of the Incas were these.
What are roads and aqueducts?
300
The two most important colonies of Spain in the Americas were these.
What are New Spain and Peru?
300
Describe the events that led to Haiti's revolution and who led the revolution.
What are rebellion by slaves over mistreatment, the Night of Fire and Toussaint L' Ouverture?
300
Money that is owed to other countries.
What is foreign debt?
400
The Aztec civilization was located here.
What is the Valley of Mexico?
400
The most famous Inca city.
What is Machu Pichu?
400
The Treaty of Tordesillas determined this imaginary line where Portugal and Spain could settle and trade.
What was the Line of Demarcation?
400
This person was the liberator of Chile.
Who is Jose de San Martin?
400
True or False. Foreign companies often controlled the economies and businesses of Latin American countries.
What is true?
500
Three reasons the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas.
What are they had more weapons and horses, diseases, and they received help from enemies of the empires?
500
One benefit of the Incan road system
What is road systems helped messengers travel OR Incan armies traveled on roads OR trade caravans traveled on roads
500
The ruler of the Aztec empire at the time the Spanish arrived there.
Who was Moctezuma?
500
This person led the fight for independence in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
500
A particular administration or government that rules very harshly.
What is a regime?