Latin America's Early History

The Maya developed a complex writing system using what?

• Hieroglyphics

• Latin

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

Which two cities were important in the Maya civilization?

• Copan and Tikal

• Machu Picchu and Cuzco

• Tenochtitlan and Texcoco

• Lima and Quito

What was the Aztec capital built on an island in Lake Texcoco?

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Lima

• Chichen Itza

The Inca used the (a)   system for record-keeping.

• Quipu
• Hieroglyphics
• Abacus
• Papyrus

The Maya developed an advanced system that included the concept of what?

• Zero

• Infinity

• Pi

• Negative numbers

European nations raced to the New World for what three things?

• Gold, Glory, and God

• Land, Labor, and Love

• Peace, Prosperity, and Power

• Freedom, Fortune, and Fame

The ____________ set an imaginary line dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The civilization that developed an advanced mathematical system that included the concept of zero was the (a)   civilization.

• Aztec
• Inca
• Maya
• Olmec

Who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortés

• Moctezuma II

The social structure in Spanish colonies placed which group at the top?

• Mestizos

• Creoles

• Peninsulares

• Indigenous people