S.S. Chapter 2 Test Review(6th grade)
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- Line of demarcation
- an imaginary line from North pole to south pole at about 50 degrees longitude
- Tenochtitlan
- A magnificent city that the Aztecs built in lake Texcoco
- Incas
- had runners to carry messages
- jose de san martin
- in 1821, he pushed inland and seized Lima, the capital of peru.
- Mayans
- had fields surrounding cities
- aqueduct
- a pipe or channel designed to carry water from a distant source
- miguel hidalgo
- was executed by a firing squad in 1811
- Treaty of tordesillas
- Portugal and spain signed this in agreement to what part of south america they get. What year?
- miguel hidalgo
- a criollo priest in the town of dolores
- miguel hidalgo
- he tried to make mexico independent in1810
- Mayans
- developed a writing system called hieroglyphics
- Cuzco
- The capital of the Incas, or the center of government, trade, learning, and religion
- agustin de iturbide
- the person who declared Mexico independent
- Mayans
- lived during 300a.d.-900Aa.d.
- Aztecs
- they made over 1000 medicines from plants
- Hernan Cortes 1519
- he conquered the aztecs
- simon bolivar
- the greatest latin american revolutionary leader
- miguel hidalgo
- his revolution became known as the "Cry of Dolores."
- Aztecs
- In 1325 they settled on an island in lake texcoco
- dom pedro
- he declared Brazil independent in1822 without Brazil having to fight a war
- simon bolivar
- he actually cared for the people he governed
- Topa Inca
- Pachacuti's son who expanded the empire
- quipu
- this recorded information about births, deaths, trade, and taxes
- Christopher Columbus
- a person who set sail in august, 1492
- Mayans
- played a game called pok-a-tok
- invest
- to spend money to earn money
- Aztecs
- they had classes: nobles, priests, warriors, traders, craft workers, and farmers
- Incas
- they settled in Cuzco in about 1200
- Incas
- worshiped many gods such as Inti, the sun god, and Viracocha, the creator of all the people
- simon bolivar
- he was born in the country of venezuela in 1783
- hacienda
- a plantation owned by spaniards or the catholic church
- hieroglyphics
- a writing system using signs and symbals
- mestizo
- people of mixed spanish and native american descent
- Copan
- A great Mayan city in the present-day honduras
- jose de san martin
- he took good care of his troops
- Aztecs
- in the 1400s they conquered other people and made them pay taxes or tributes
- dom pedro
- his father, the king, left him to rule the colony
- simon bolivar
- he dreamed of uniting south america as one country
- rural
- countryside
- Incas
- Pachacuti's son Topa Inca expanded the empire
- Incas
- Machu Picchu is on of their most famous cities
- Pachacuti
- The ruler of the Incas in 1438. His name meant "he who shakes the earth"
- economy
- the ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people
- Incas
- used quipus
- Incas
- built roads and aqueducts
- conquistador
- conquerers
- Mayans
- can be found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador today
- Mayans
- live in Copan and Tikal, or major cities
- encomiendas
- rights to demand taxes or labor from native americans
- Mayans
- designed a calender
- Moctezuma
- the aztec ruler
- Malinche 1519
- the daughter of a Mayan leader who helped Cortez conquer the Aztecs
- brazil
- this country gave land to peasants by moving them to the Amazonian rain forest. They burned down the trees only to make the soil infit for farming
- criollo
- had spanish parents but had been born in latin america
- Incas
- lived in Peru
- Francisco Pizzaro
- a spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas
- Valley of mexico
- Where the Aztecs arrived in the 1100s and which is also present day Mexico city
- Mayans
- built pyramids
- Aztecs
- they settled in the valley of Mexico (Now is Mexico City)
- caudillo
- military officers who ruled very strictly
- Incas
- Cuzco is their capital and center of government, trade, learning, and religion
- jose de san martin
- When argentina began its fight for freedom, he quickly offered to help
- urban
- city
- treaty
- an agreement in writing between two or more countries
- Incas
- they were great farmers, builders, and managers
- jose de san martin
- got Chile's independence
- agustin de iturbide
- a high ranking officer in the spanish army
- Mayans
- grew maize, an important crop
- miguel hidalgo
- said "recover from the hated spaniards the land stolen from your forefathers."
- toussaint l'ouverture
- a former slave who led the people of Saint Domigue in a fight for more than ten years. They won and made Haiti independent in 1804
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- he freed the present day countries columbia, venezuela, ecuador, and panama
- Mayans
- Created number system and zero
- maize
- corn
- jose de san martin
- he led his soldiers through the Andes into Chile in 1817.
- simon bolivar
- his family was one of the richest and most important families in Latin America. Therefore, he went to school in Spain where he met Prince Ferdinand
- Mayans
- they left their cities in about 900a.d. but no one knows why.
- Incas
- in 1438, Pachacuti became the ruler
- Aztecs
- their city was called Tenochtitlan
- revolution
- a political movement in which the people overthrow the government and set up another
- jose de san martin
- an argentine who had lived in Spain and served in the Spanish army
- campesino
- poor farmers who own only small tracts of land and they often grow only enough to meet their own needs
- Tikal
- A great Mayan city in the present-day guatemala
- Incas
- had 19,000 miles of roads