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Quarter Three: Quiz One Study Guide
Latin America
Objectives:
Quiz on____________
Students will be able to:
 identify the relative location of Latin America and the characteristics that make it a region.
 identify selected countries, cities, and regions of Latin America.
 describe the major geographic and climatic features of Latin America.
 list the major natural resources and products of Latin America.
 Examine the emergence, growth, achievements, and decline of the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Empires.
Assignments and Notes Section:
Papers from the First and Second Quarters: 1. Pre-Assessment and Student Evaluation, 2. Parts to a Good Map and
Latitude Zones, and 3. Calculating Time
1. Map: Political Map of Latin America
2. Latin America Mini-Quiz
3. Map: Physical Map of Latin America
4. Activity sheet: Physical Geography of Latin America plus notes, Vertical Climate
5. Activity sheet: The Adventures of Indiana Jones and the Lost Tumi
6. Activity sheet: Panama Canal
7. Activity Sheet: Chocolate
8. Activity sheet: Civilizations of the Americas (note taking chart) and the article, Cultures of Latin America: Aztecs,
Mayas, and Incas
9. Notes: NGS Video: Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
10. Activity: The Sacred Round -- The Maya Calendar (calendar and activity sheet)
11. Notes: Engineering an Empire: The Aztecs
12. Activity sheet and article: Battle of Tenochtitlan and The Glory of the Incas
13. Check for Understanding #1
14. Activity: Latin America: Ancient Civilizations Culminating Activity (directions and rubric)
The following activities belong to the third quarter unit of study, Latin America. The information contained in these
assignments will not be tested on the quiz, but should be kept in the Assignments/Notes section of your binder.
1. The World in 1492
2. For the Love of Gold
3. Columbus: The Four Voyages
Key words/people/events:
Latin America
Central America
Middle America
South America
West Indies
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
Low latitude zone
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande
Amazon River
Straits of Florida
Panama Canal
Vertical climate
Tierra Caliente
Slash-and-burn agriculture
Terrace
Potatoes
Class system
Tikal
Pictographs
Glyphs
Steles
Quipus
Hernando Cortez
Olmec
Moctezuma I and II
Lake Texcoco
Yucatan Peninsula
Tierra Fria
Mesoamerica
Floating gardens (Chinampa)
Maize
Tribute
Chichen Itza
Copan
Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
Polytheism
Francisco Pizarro
Pok-a-tok
Conquistadors
Lake Titicaca
Andes
Tierra Templada
Corbel Vault
Aqueducts
Canals
Causeways
Suspension Bridges
Trephination
Quechua
Nahuatl
Sacred Round
Solar Calendar