Middle and South America test

Question 1

Pick one of the 3 groups that use the Amazon sustainably and explain how they use the forest in a sustainable manner.

Answer 1

Natives
-fish
-small bits of land for farming
-they let the ground grow back
-have been there for lang time

Question 2

The Sierra Madre ____________________ is on the Eastern side of Mexico because the word means east.

Answer 2

Oriental

Question 3

Is There is only a wet season in the Amazon Rain Forest?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What was the symbol of that the leader of Aztecs saw that caused them to settle on Lake Texcoco?

Answer 4

An eagle eating a snake on a cactus in the lake

Question 5

Which of the groups would NOT be using the land in a sustainable way?

Answer 5

Ranchers

Question 6

Pick one of the 3 groups that use the Amazon unsustainably and explain how they use the forest in an unsustainable manner.

Answer 6

loggers
-clear cutting(explain)
-dont replant
-make roads in forest

Question 7

The Tropic of Cancer runs through Middle America. t/f

Answer 7

true

Question 8

Which three major lines of latitude do NOT un through South America?

Answer 8

Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle

Question 9

What is the capital city of the Inca?

Answer 9

Tawantinsuya (tW INCA)

Question 10

What is the capital city of the Maya?

Answer 10

Tikal (Mayo in Hawaii)

Question 11

Which group seems to be harming the environment but they are actually using the land in a sustainable way.

Answer 11

Natives

Question 12

If you were to look at a timeline, the Maya appear on the timeline before the Aztecs and the Inca. t/f

Answer 12

True

Question 13

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two smaller pieces of land. t/f

Answer 13

False

Question 14

There are no people that claim to be of Maya origin in the world today. t/f

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Hernan Cortes defeated the Aztecs in 2 years, what were at least two reasons why he was able to do this with so few conquistadors on his side against so many Aztecs?

Answer 15

-armor
-speers
-guns-disease-bows
-arrows

Question 16

What is the capital city of the Aztecs?

Answer 16

Tenochtitlan

Question 17

The Amazon River starts in:

Answer 17

The Andes Mountains

Question 18

The Amazon River is the longest river in the world. t/f

Answer 18

False

Question 19

What is a quipu, why are they important for the Inca, and can we decipher what they mean today?

Answer 19

a series of ropes that are strung together and have knots that have some form of meaning.
-communication
-numerical

Question 20

Who was Pachacuti and what are two of his major projects we learned about from the Inca video that helped the Inca empire spread so far?

Answer 20

-Inca leader
-important
-rebiult cuzco
-irrigation channels
-tarraced faarming

Question 21

The Inca had more people at the height of their empire than the Aztecs did. t/f

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is the difference between sustainable and unstainable land use? (What do the mean and how are they different from each other.)

Answer 22

Just explain both

Question 23

How could a drought in the region where the Maya lived create the issues of war, famine and disease

Answer 23

U know this by heart by now

-not healthy = disease
-no water = no food
no food/water = angry people = war

Question 24

Of the three native groups we learned about in Unit 7, which two do not have a formal written language?

Answer 24

Aztecs
Inca

Question 24

How are Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro similar to each other and how are they different? (Think of the groups they encountered.)

Answer 24

Similer - both Spanish -Both wanted riches -both took over native tribes in middle and South America Different -Pizzaro took Inca in South America and Hernan took Mexico