SPANISH CSET V STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Tolecs, Mixtecs then Aztecs. Answer: - cortes arrived in 1519
- cortes overcame the aztecs in 1521
Language: Nahuatl
Population: maybe 5 million
◉Aztecs. Answer: Central mexico, agriculture, cultivating all land,
artifical lakes (chinampas), teachers are very important
Homes made from adobe clay
Descendents are the Nahua
◉Olmecs. Answer: Caribbean coast, veracruz and southward
- technologically complex
- writing system
- concept of zero
, ◉Mayans. Answer: S mexico, guatemala, honduras, belize, and el
salvador
- disease killed most of the indigenous people
◉Incas. Answer: Biggest empire on earth, system of governance,
agriculture/irrigation-corn
Invaded by francisco pizzaro in 1529
◉Aztecs. Answer: Central mexico
◉Mayans. Answer: Yucatan, southern mexico, guatemala, and
honduras
◉Incas. Answer: Peru and bolivia
◉Cubans immigrating. Answer: To florida and NY
- after 1959
- mostly upper and middleclass
◉Problems in Nicaragua. Answer: - 70s and 80s
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Tolecs, Mixtecs then Aztecs. Answer: - cortes arrived in 1519
- cortes overcame the aztecs in 1521
Language: Nahuatl
Population: maybe 5 million
◉Aztecs. Answer: Central mexico, agriculture, cultivating all land,
artifical lakes (chinampas), teachers are very important
Homes made from adobe clay
Descendents are the Nahua
◉Olmecs. Answer: Caribbean coast, veracruz and southward
- technologically complex
- writing system
- concept of zero
, ◉Mayans. Answer: S mexico, guatemala, honduras, belize, and el
salvador
- disease killed most of the indigenous people
◉Incas. Answer: Biggest empire on earth, system of governance,
agriculture/irrigation-corn
Invaded by francisco pizzaro in 1529
◉Aztecs. Answer: Central mexico
◉Mayans. Answer: Yucatan, southern mexico, guatemala, and
honduras
◉Incas. Answer: Peru and bolivia
◉Cubans immigrating. Answer: To florida and NY
- after 1959
- mostly upper and middleclass
◉Problems in Nicaragua. Answer: - 70s and 80s
