Latin America

Question 1

what does Criollo mean

Answer 1

had spanish parents, but had been born in Latin America

Question 2

Hieroglyphics

Answer 2

a system of writing using signs and symbols

Question 3

Quipu

Answer 3

knotted strings in which Incas recorded information

Question 4

Aqueduct

Answer 4

a pipe or channel that carries water from a distant source

Question 5

Caudillo

Answer 5

military officers who ruled very strictly

Question 6

Mestizo

Answer 6

people of mixed spanish and Native American ancestry

Question 7

Hacienda

Answer 7

was a plantation owned by spaniards or the catholic church

Question 8

Maize

Answer 8

corn, Mayans main food source

Question 9

Census

Answer 9

an official count of all the people in an area

Question 10

Where were the Mayans located?

Answer 10

Southern Mexico (Honduras and Guatemala)

Question 11

what was Tenochtitlan

Answer 11

was very big and it had temples, gardens, zoos, markets. The emperor and nobles lived there and had many slaves to serve them. Aztecs also had temples to perform rituals.

Question 12

what is a controversial thing that the aztecs believed in

Answer 12

human sacrifice

Question 13

what was the Aztec calder based on

Answer 13

the Mayan calender

Question 14

what did the aztec astronomers predict using their calendar

Answer 14

they predicted eclipses and the movement of planets and kept records of this using hierolypics

Question 15

what what the aztecs farming technique

Answer 15

chinampas - floating gardens and canals

Question 16

Where were the Aztecs located

Answer 16

modern day Mexico, Mexico city is the location on tenitection

Question 17

where were the Mayans located

Answer 17

southern Mexico (honduras and guatamala)

Question 18

did the aztecs have a writing system

Answer 18

no

Question 19

what was the Mayan’s farming system

Answer 19

farming for yourself

Question 20

what were the popular food for the mayan’s

Answer 20

maize, squash, beans, and cacao

Question 21

what concept did the mayans make

Answer 21

the concept of 0

Question 22

what were the two mayan calendars centered around

Answer 22

they had a yearly one and a religious one

Question 23

what did the mayans rely on

Answer 23

mathematics and astronomy

Question 24

what did the mayan politics look like

Answer 24

they had city-states run by individual leaders, who believed they got power from the Gods

Question 25

what did the aztec politics look like

Answer 25

city-states run by individual leaders and collected tribute (taxes)

Question 26

how did the mayans decline

Answer 26

no one knows

Question 27

how did the aztecs fall

Answer 27

Spain conquered them (herman cortes)

Question 28

how did the Inca’s fall

Answer 28

Spain conquered (Francisco pizzaro)

Question 29

what were the incas farming teqniqes

Answer 29

terrace farming - farm on the side of mountain making steps

Question 30

where did the Incas live

Answer 30

Andes mountains (ecuador, peru, bolivia, chile, and argentina

Question 31

what were some of the Incas achivments

Answer 31

built very good road systems, aqueducts, very good engineers, calendars, and quipus

Question 32

what were quipus

Answer 32

knotted strings used for messages

Question 33

what did the Inca politics look like

Answer 33

one emperor for the whole civilization

Question 34

what did economics look like in the inca civilization

Answer 34

collected taxes and created a census

Question 35

what were the effects of spain conquering the Incas and aztecs

Answer 35

their buildings and architecture are highly influenced by european architecture, brought spanish language, Latin america started following Christianity

Question 36

how was society organized in Latin America after Spain took over

Answer 36

Francissco Pizzaro kept the Incas as slaves for gold and siliver. Pizzaro said if they did this he would give them back his leader. It was a trick, Pizzaro killed their leader.

Question 37

study latin america revolutions in notebook

Answer 37

GO!

Question 38

what were spain’s 2 most important colonies

Answer 38

new spain and peru

Question 39

how was society organized after Spain took over

Answer 39

society was organized into social classes.

Question 40

what was the order of the social class after Spain took over

Answer 40

from spain or had parents from spain were the most powerful and lived in the city center. Mestizos were people of mixed spanish and Native american ancestry who lived on the outskrkes of lima and most were poor. Last class was the native americans and lived in the countysides and the spanish forced them to work

Question 41

Understand current issues and government in Latin America

Answer 41

Oil prices in the rest of the world started going up and prices of products in Latin America started decreasing. This ment that Latin America had to borrow money from other countries which put them in foreign debt.

Question 42

what was the colombian exchange

Answer 42

the exchange of food and products from the westrn hempisphere to the eastern and visa versa

Question 43

how did the colobian exchange impact life for the natives and for the world

Answer 43

brought differnet cultures and languages and foofd to other countries

Question 44

what does criollo mean

Answer 44

spanish parents but latin born in latin america

Question 45

revolution

Answer 45

the overthrow of a government with another taking place