Mexico History Ch 3 section 3

Modern Mexico is located here

• Yucatan

• Olmec Pass

• Valley of Mexico

• Filed of Maize

The Aztecs arrived in the Valey of Mexico around what year?

• AD1325

• 1000 BC

• 1520

• c 900

Who landed in Mexico in 1518

• Montezuma

• Hernan Cortez

• The British

• Christoper Columbus

What does the term annex mean?

• to go into debt

• to add territory

• to build hostility between two countries

• to add people

What is the term for the major urban centers in Maya city-states?

• Copan

• polities

• Aztec

The proper way to label 3000 years ago

• 1000 BC

• 1000 AD

• BCE 300

• 1000 CE

The term for an extensive group of people governed by one ruler.

• empire

• atlas

• civilization

• tribute

What term does NOT describe a conquistador?

• Spanish

• soldier

• explorer

• ship captain

Who were the Mestizos?

• people of mixed Spanish and native heritage

• people native to Spain

• slaves

These people lived along the Gulf of Mexico about 1000 BC

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

• Maize