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What is El Nino?

3. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is a warm wind nicknamed “The Christ Child” that blows toward the west coast of Latin America causing heavy rains and floods?

4. Eleanor M. Savko
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What are hieroglyphs?

5. What are detailed picture symbols used in Mayan writing?
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What are detailed picture symbols used in Mayan writing?

6. Eleanor M. Savko
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What are tributaries?

7. What are streams or rivers branching off the main river?
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What are streams or rivers branching off the main river?

8. Eleanor M. Savko
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Who was Montezuma?

9. Who is the Aztec ruler who was defeated by the Spanish in 1519?
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Who is the Aztec ruler who was defeated by the Spanish in 1519?

10. Explain what is meant by deforestation.
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Explain what is meant by deforestation.

11. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is the process of removing numerous trees from an area causing problems with erosion, lack of oxygen, and loss of homes to natives and animals?

12. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is Machu Picchu?

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What is the Inca city built at the top of a mountain in the Andes which is an excellent example of their complicated stonework?

14. What is the Columbian Exchange?
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What is the Columbian Exchange?

15. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is the beginning of the sharing of goods between Europe and the Americas?

16. Eleanor M. Savko
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Describe a chinampa?

17. What is a floating garden created by the Aztecs to farm in swamplands?
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What is a floating garden created by the Aztecs to farm in swamplands?

18. Eleanor M. Savko
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Who was Atahualpa?

19. Who is the Incan leader defeated by the Spanish in 1531?
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Who is the Incan leader defeated by the Spanish in 1531?

20. What is meant by the Tropical Zone?
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What is meant by the Tropical Zone?

21. weather lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the
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What is the area of warm
weather lying between the
Tropic of Cancer and the
Tropic of Capricorn?

22. Who was Francisco Pizarro?
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Who was Francisco Pizarro?

23. Who is the Spanish explorer who defeated the Incas in 1531?
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Who is the Spanish explorer who defeated the Incas in 1531?

24. Eleanor M. Savko
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Who was Hernan Cortes?

25. Who is the Spanish explorer who
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Who is the Spanish explorer who
defeated the Aztecs in 1519?

26. ancient people usually
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What are 3 reasons why
ancient people usually
settle near rivers?

27. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is food (fishing), fresh water for drinking, and good soil for crops?

28. Which of the three tribes settled in the dense jungles of Mexico?
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Which of the three tribes
settled in the dense jungles
of Mexico?

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What is the Maya?

30. Which of the three tribes constructed their capital city
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Which of the three tribes
constructed their capital city
on a swampy island?

31. Eleanor M. Savko
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What are the Aztecs?

32. Which of the three tribes settled in the Andes Mountains?
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Which of the three tribes
settled in the Andes Mountains?

33. Eleanor M. Savko
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What are the Incas?

34. What is the Mayan farming procedure in which trees are
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What is the Mayan farming
procedure in which trees are
cut down and burned to fertilize
the soil?

35. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is slash and burn?

36. did the Mayans disappear
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Around what year
did the Mayans disappear
from their cities?

37. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is 900 A.D.?

38. What is the name of the lake in which the Aztecs built
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What is the name of the lake
in which the Aztecs built
their capital city?

39. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is Lake Texcoco?

40. What are two reasons the Aztecs felt military service was important?
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What are two reasons the Aztecs
felt military service was important?

41. What is for religious and power reasons?
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What is for religious and power reasons?

42. Which people in the Aztec tribes were
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Which people in the Aztec tribes were
included in their group of warriors?

43. What are all able bodied men including priests?
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What are all able bodied men including priests?

44. did the Incas use to farm
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What method of farming
did the Incas use to farm
on mountainsides?

45. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is terracing?

46. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is a quipu?

47. What is a tool used for counting using a series of strings and knots?
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What is a tool used for counting using a series of strings and knots?

48. What are the two diseases brought by the Spanish
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What are the two diseases
brought by the Spanish
that killed millions of
Native Americans?

49. What is measles and small pox?
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What is measles and small pox?

50. During what time period did the Mayans establish their civilization?
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During what time period
did the Mayans establish
their civilization?

51. Eleanor M. Savko
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What is between 250 A.D. to 900 A.D.?

52. Explain why the Mayans had two different calendars.
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Explain why the Mayans had two different calendars.