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The Early Americas
Section 3
TRUE/FALSE Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false. If
false, explain why on the lines provided.
______ 1. After the arrival of the Spanish, Maya legends and history were written
down in a book called Palenque.
______ 2. Priests were members of the lower classes in Maya civilization.
______ 3. The Maya calendar was 250 days long.
______ 4. The Maya believed that their kings communicated with the gods.
______ 5. Despite their skills in science and architecture, the Maya never developed a
writing system.
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Section 3
1. Scientific Revolution
2. Francis Bacon
3. René Descartes
4. scientific method
5. hypothesis
6. reason
7. Catholic
8. universe
9. Galileo
10. Inquisition
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Section 2
1. T
2. F, Positions of nobility were inherited.
3. F, They did believe in human sacrifice.
4. T
5. F, The Aztecs had a sophisticated written
The Early Americas
language.
Section 1
1. Andes
2. Olmec
3. larger
4. Asia
5. Mesoamerica
6. Maize
7. beans, squash
8. Olmec
9. Bering Strait
10. Amazon
6. T
Section 3
1. Incas
2. Peru
3. Pachacuti
4. twelve
5. Quechua
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
quipus
mita
llamas
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Section 4
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. c
Section 2
1. j, terraces
2. f, obsidian
3. d, cities
4. e, kings
5. c, cacao beans
6. g, Olmec
7. k, trade
8. h, Pacal
9. l, warfare
10. m, Yucatan
The Age of Exploration
Section 1
1. shipbuilding
2. Christians
3. caravel
4. triangular
5. Prince Henry the Navigator
6. Christopher Columbus
7. Pedro Cabral
8. Ferdinand Magellan
9. England and France
10. geography
Section 3
1. F, Legends and history were recorded in
2.
3.
4.
5.
causeways
chinampas
conquistadors
disease
Moctezuma II
Hernán Cortés
the Popol Vuh.
F, Priests were upper-class.
F, It was 365 days.
T
F, The Maya did have a writing system.
Section 2
1. F, Columbian Exchange
2. T
3. F, They forced Native Americans to do the
The Aztec and Inca Empires
Section 1
1. northern Mexico
2. tribute
3. Tenochtitlán
4. Mesoamerica
work on plantations.
4. F, Las Casas advocated converting
American Indians to Christianity through
love, gentleness, and kindness.
5. T
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