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Colonial Latin American History Midtern

Question 1 of 14

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There was quite a bit known about Pre-Columbian America prior to Columbus' encounter

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 2 of 14

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Which area of the Americas was complex with large scale empires, commerce, and trade?

Select one of the following:

  • Amazons and Rio Grande

  • Andes and Meso-America

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Question 3 of 14

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Most Native Americans were Mongoloid in descent

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 4 of 14

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Where did the Olmecs reside?

Select one of the following:

  • Yucatan peninsula

  • Central Mexico

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Question 5 of 14

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Check off all of the groups of indigenous people who resided in Central Mexico

Select one or more of the following:

  • Incas

  • Aztecs

  • Olmecs

  • Mayans

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Question 6 of 14

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

was the "divine monarch" of the Aztecs.

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Question 7 of 14

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The Aztecs were originally for other city states. In they established the and formed the Aztec Empire. Cities conquered by the Aztecs needed to . The Aztecs believed in periods of . In order to slow down periods of decline, the Aztecs used as a way to satiate their god and in return he would provide them with sunny weather.

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    mercenaries
    friends
    1428
    1776
    1492
    2017
    Triple Alliance
    Secret Alliance
    Patent of Sante Fe
    pay tribute
    be their friends
    vacate their land
    growth and decline
    day and night
    good and bad
    human sacrifice
    orphan tears
    sacrifice of the firstborn

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Question 8 of 14

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What is Mita?

Select one of the following:

  • Forced slavery in the Yucatan Peninsula under the Toltec Empire in order to build pyramids.

  • Collective labor service where everyone from the region works together to maintain irrigation.

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Question 9 of 14

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Huacas were objects and places that connected the spirit world to the real world

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 10 of 14

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The Inca Empire was founded around ( 1400 AD, 1000 BC, 200 AD, 1500 AD ) and by the early ( 14th, 10th, 16th ) century stretched from ( Cuba to Florida, California to Columbia, Chile to Columbia ). They ruled over nearly ( 17 million, 7 million people, 700 million people ). The Incas had ( graineries, food banks, farms ) for famine, irrigation, and mountain roads.

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Question 11 of 14

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Civil war within which Native American civilization occurred as Pizarro arrived in Peru?

Select one of the following:

  • Aztec

  • Inca

  • Mayan

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Question 12 of 14

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Which countries make up the entirety of the Iberian Peninsula? Check all that apply

Select one or more of the following:

  • Morocco

  • Spain

  • France

  • Portugal

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Question 13 of 14

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Spain was originally settled by in an area referred to as Galacia. In 2 BC, it became part of the and was ruled by it for nearly years. The Empire brought advancements such as . Under the Roman Empire came the spread of Christianity. (Santiago) became the patron saint of Spain. Roman Spain collapsed in with the German migration of the . The Visigothic monarchs write the , which established one law for all who inhabit the empire. After the death of the Visigothic King in 710, a civil war breaks out and are able to take over Visgothic Spain. The Muslims, or , rule over Spain from but exist in Spain until 1492.

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    Celts
    Hindus
    Greeks
    Roman Empire
    Greek Democracy
    islamic state
    5000
    500
    50
    drive thrus
    interstates
    aqueducts
    St Theresa
    St Sebastian
    St James
    496
    694
    964
    Visigoths
    Huns
    Germans
    Liber Judiclorum
    Liber Unum
    Magna Carta
    Muslims
    Jews
    Orthodox Greeks
    Moors
    Hungarians
    711-1031
    117-1311
    171-1130

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Question 14 of 14

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Muslim Spain falls and breaks into a series of mini kingdoms. Over a period of nearly ( 400 years, 40 years ), Spain is gradually conquered by Christians by ( 1492, 1249, 1400 ). In the early 12th century there are 3 Christain Kingdoms: ( Leon, Aragon, and Castille, Leon, Castille, Portugal, Santa Cruz, Castille, Aragon ). In 1496 the marriage of ( Isabella of Castille, Catharine of Aragon, Queen Elizabeth I ) and ( Sir Thomas Moore, Ferdinand of Aragon, St Anselm of Cantebury ) lead to the unification of Spain. The two become known as the "( Catholic Kings, Jewish Lords, Supreme Leader )".

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