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Aztec & Mayan Empire. Incan Empire. Latin American Independence. Past to Present. European Conquest. Vocabulary. 1pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 1pt. 1 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 2pt. 2pt. 2 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 5pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt.
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Aztec & Mayan Empire Incan Empire Latin American Independence Past to Present European Conquest Vocabulary 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt
The main food & most important crop of the Mayas was corn or ?
The Mayas used this form of signs and symbols as part of their writing system
In 1325, Aztecs built this capitol city, on a floating island. It is now known as Mexico City
What is Tenochtitlan? (teh nawch tee tlahn)
Aztecs built a great civilization in this area of Middle America
A knotted string used by the Incas, as a method of keeping records
One of the many great accomplishments of the Incas, was this method of carrying water over hundreds of miles to dry land
The Incan civilization was located on which coast of South America?
Today, descendants of the Incas live high in the Andes and they speak
What is Quechua? (KECH wuh)
The Line of Demarcation was an imaginary line which decided control of territory of 2 European countries
When Cortes defeated the Aztecs, he did not have as many soldiers, but he did have other factors on his side
What are disease, horses, superior weapons and other Native Americans?
Daily Double In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas set a Line of Demarcation to settle trade rights for Spain, to its west, and Portugal to its east. This was in what L A country?
Haiti was inspired towards independence by two other revolutions of note
What were the American Revolution and the people’s uprising in France?
Spain divided its territory into provinces. 2 of the most important were called?
What are Peru and New Spain?
Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the rebellion which won the first independence of this Latin American country?
Simon Bolivar help lead the fight for independence of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama, known as?
What is the Gran Colombia?
Strict rulers who were concerned mostly with getting rich and holding power
What is a caudillo? (kaw dee yoh)
Trade between Mexico, Canada and the United States was made easier due to this agreement?
What is NAFTA? North American Free Trade Agreement
The cause of economic hard times in the 1980s when oil prices went up
What is Latin American countries borrowed money from wealthy countries?
Recently Latin American countries have tried to improve their economies by forming what?
True/False Foreign countries often controlled the economies of Latin American Countries