Latin America Chapter 2 sections 1 and 2
these are the questions from the packet for latin america chapter 2, for the first test on this chapter which is on sections one and two.
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- what coast did the Incan Empire stretch along?
- the pacific coast.
- where did the 12 million people ruled by the Incas live in?
- small villages
- what is a statement that is true about ancient mayan and modern cultures?
- people eat maize.
- what is NOT a benifit of the incan road system?
- the roads transported water
- what is the name of a ruler of the incas who's name means "he who shakes the earth"?
- pachacuti.
- what did Aztec doctors make more than 1,000 medicines from?
- plants
- what is considered a major accomplishment of the Aztecs?
- they built a city with floating gardens.
- the mayans wrote using symbols called _____________.
- hieroglyhphics.
- where do the decendents of the incas still live today?
- Peru, Equador, Bolivia, chile, and columbia.
- who expanded the incan empire until it was about 2,500 miles long?
- Topa Inca
- what were the peak years of the aztecs?
- A.D. 1100s to A.D. late 1400s
- what were the main achievements of the mayan civilization?
- built pyramids, studied stars and planets (astronomy), accurate calendar, hieroglyphics, and a number system.
- who was the main god of the incas?
- inti the sun god
- what is the name of a tax payed to Aztec conquerors?
- tribute.
- where do most people of mayan decents live in?
- central america and mexico.
- what were the main achievements of the Aztecs?
- hieroglyphics, medicines, astronomy, and designing jewlery.
- what was the location of the aztec civilization civilization?
- valley of mexico and lake texacoco
- an extensive system of ________ helped the incan govern their vast empire
- roads.
- the main food of the mayans was ________, a type of corn.
- maize.
- What is an aqueduct?
- a pipe or channel designed to carry water from a distant source to dry areas so they could be irrigated.
- what best describes the canal and aqueduct system of the ancient incas?
- it carried water to distant dry areas.
- what was the main city of the Aztecs?
- Tenochtitlan
- why did the incans count the people in their empire?
- so they could be taxed.
- what were the main cities of the mayans?
- copan and tikal
- what city wich is now in present-day peru was the incan center of government and was compared to any city in spain?
- Cuzco.
- what is a true statement about the religion of the incas?
- the incas worshipped many gods.
- who were the incas conquered by in the 1500s?
- spanish
- decendents of the incas still speak the language called __________.
- Quechua
- what is the location of the mayan civilization?
- Central america and southern mexico
- today many people of Incan decent live in _________.q
- peru
- what is a quipu?
- a quipu is a string that was color and knot coded because the incas didn't have a written language so they used quipus to keep record of things.
- what were the peak years of the mayan civilization?
- A.D. 300 to A.D. 900