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Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
What does that name Teotihuacan, which comes from the Aztec language Nahuatl, mean?
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
The Olmec civilization was the                 civilization in North and Central America.
  1. Wealthiest
  2. Largest
  3. First
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
In 1528,                            led a 400-man expedition that began in Florida then traveled along the entire Gulf Coast region by foot.
  1. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
  2. Panfilo de Narvaez
  3. Juan Ponce de Leon
  4. Juan de Padilla
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
Giovanni da Verrazano was an Italian who was commissioned by France in 1524 to sail to the New World in search for                                  .
  1. a Northwest Passage to the orient
  2. the Fountain of Youth
  3. the Seven Cities of Cibola
  4. gold and silver
Grade 5 The Americas
The Haida and the Coast Salish peoples settled primarily in what region?
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
Olmec means inhabitant of                   .
  1. the rubber country
  2. an island
  3. the sea
  4. the river
Grade 5 Canada
The last fort emigrants came to on their journey is                  Fort Vancouver                 .
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
What technique did the Wari introduce that allowed for farming in the mountains?
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
How did Aztec ballcourts differ from the courts of other Mesoamerican cultures?
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
What are the names of three of the seven modern-day countries located in Mesoamerica?
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
De Soto led a 600-man expedition into the southeastern portion of the North American continent. Advancing westward, De Soto and his men discovered the                            , and eventually reached what is now                            .
  1. Rio Grande; Texas
  2. St Lawrence River; Quebec
  3. Pacific Ocean; Coombia
  4. Mississippi River; Oklahoma
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
the Inca were great builders . They also built an extensive system of roads and           bridges          to connect the length of their empire.
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
When did the Olmec civilization begin?
  1. between 1500 and 900 A.D.
  2. between 900 and 1600 B.C.
  3. between 1500 and 1600 B.C.
  4. between 1200 and 700 B.C.
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
The Aztec built roads and terraced gardens.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
Coronado brought Franciscan priest                    to preach the gospel to the Indians. His death at the hands of the Indians made him the first missionary martyr to the Americas.
  1. Juan Ponce de Leon
  2. Jacques Cartier
  3. Juan de Padilla
  4. Juan Valdez
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
                    alone reaped treasures from the New World, causing other European countries to lose interest in the Americas. This led to the                     sea-faring fleet in control of the high seas for most of the sixteenth century.
  1. France; French
  2. England; English
  3. Spain; Spanish
  4. Portugal; Portugese
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
the Maya built great limestone pyramids to honor               their gods.              
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
The Olmec made small carvings out of                .
  1. jade
  2. wood
  3. marble
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
This group of Native Americans lived in countries of South America, namely Peru.        Inca       
Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
the maya used little pictures to represent                     words and ideas .                     That kind of writing system is called                   hieroglyphics .                  
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