picture or design made with colored stone or tile

In 1521, Hernan Cortes

claimed Mexico for Spain and defeated the Aztec

The Maya are remembered today for

their skill in mathematics and astronomy

Moving from farms/country to cities

What does it mean that health care in Mexico is subsidized?

It is available to all citizens.

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1
An urban area that dominates its country's economy, culture, and politics
downtown
megalopolis
urbanization
primate city
2
Mosiacs are
picture or design made with colored stone or tile
carvings on rock
a chruch
wall painting
3
In 1521, Hernan Cortes
defeated the Maya
claimed Mexico for Spain and defeated the Aztec
conquered the Inca in South America
sailed around the tip of South America
4
The Europeans who claimed parts of the Americas for Spain were called
conquistadors
caudillos
chinampas
missionaries
5
A viceroy is a what?
royally appointed official
conqueror
parish priest
president
6
Picture writing carved in stone
Hieroglyphics
Quito
Chinampas
Glyph
7
A mega city is a city with more than
5 million people
25 million people
10 million people
15 million people
8
What is Mexicos national sport
futból
bullfighting
rowing
baseball
9
In Mexico, parents and children often share their home with
extended family
neighbors and friends
migrant workers
nuclear family
10
The blending of beliefs and practices is
syncretism
hybridism
religion
caudillo
11
The Maya are remembered today for
their skill in mathematics and astronomy
dominating the lands from present day Ecuador to Chile
sailing the Atlantic Ocean
their farming techniques
12
While Mexico gained its independence in 1821, power remained largely with
the Catholic church
the conquistadors
el Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)
wealthy landowners
13
Where was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan located?
in northern Brazil, on the banks of the Amazon River
on the eastern coast of Mexico
halfway between the Mayan and Incan capitals
on what today is Mexico City
14
Urbanization is:
Moving from towns to countryside
Moving from one country to another
Moving from farms/country to cities
Moving from cities to farms
15
A ______ is artwork that is painted directly onto a wall
mosaic
caudillo
mural
glyph
16
Aztec farmers grew maize and beans on
terraced fields.
coastal deserts.
chinampas.
quipo.
17
What does it mean that health care in Mexico is subsidized?
It is available to people who are Roman Catholic.
It is available to all citizens.
It is only available to working people.
It is available to government officials and the military.
18
a dictator was referred to as a
king
viceroy
caudillo
president

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