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Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
In the Americas, the                 created the first system of writing.
  1. Maya
  2. Toltecs
  3. Olmecs
  4. Mogollons
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
When did the Classic Maya Collapse happen?
  1. 800-900 CE
  2. 1500-1550 CE
  3. 750-675 BCE
  4. 100 BCE-100 CE
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Which city rose to prominence following the Classic Maya Collapse?
  1. Caracol
  2. Cahokia
  3. Chichen Itza
  4. Copan
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Who led the successful revolt in Santo Domingo?
  1. Toussaint L'Ouverature
  2. Napoleon Bonaparte
  3. Nat Turner
  4. Simon Bolivar
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
What is the name of the Aztec's patron god?
  1. Tlaloc
  2. Quetzalcoatl
  3. Huitzilopochtli
  4. Xipe Totec
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Teotihuacan was built in the                 Valley.
  1. Olmec
  2. Tula
  3. Toltec
  4. Anahuac
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
What country financed Christopher Columbus' journey?
  1. Italy
  2. Spain
  3. Cuba
  4. France
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
In 1810, Mexico won its independence from which of the following countries?
  1. United States
  2. France
  3. Spain
  4. Britain
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Santa Anna became president of Mexico in 1833.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
The first American civilization emerged in Mesoamerica?
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Which group developed a useful calendar and built temples on stone pyramids?
  1. the Aztecs
  2. the Incas
  3. the Croatans
  4. the Mayas
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Which people built a capital city on an island in a Mexican lake?
  1. the Aztecs
  2. the Incas
  3. the Mayas
  4. the Croatans
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Which civilization created an accurate calendar between A.D. 300 and A.D. 900?
  1. the Mayas
  2. the Aztecs
  3. the Incas
  4. the Cuzco
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
When Hernando Cortes landed in Mexico in 1519, the Aztecs thought that Cortes was the returning god:
  1. Coatlicue
  2. Huitzilopochtli
  3. Coyolxauhqui
  4. Quetzalcoatl
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
. In the 1400s, who had the world's largest empire?
  1. the Mayas
  2. the Spanish
  3. the Incas
  4. the Aztecs
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
Which event happened first?
  1. The Aztec built Tenochtitlan.
  2. Mexico became independent.
  3. Cortes took Moctezuma as prisoner.
  4. The Spaniards brought smallpox to Mexico.
Grade 8 Latin America and Caribbean
What were chinampa?
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