CC Unit 5 Quizzes

Teotihuacan

"created by the gods", a city that flourished

Social classes of colonies

1. peninsulares 2. creoles 3. Mestizos 4. Mulattoes 5. Native American and Africans

John cabot

1497 claimed Canada for England

what did newton do?

3 laws of motion and gravity

What was the Line of Demarcation?

A line drawn by the pope that divided the non-European world

amerigo Vespucci

A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him

Line of Demarcation/Treaty of Tordesillas

An imaginary line that divided the world between the Spanish and Portuguese.

who developed the geocentric theory?

Aristotle and Ptolemy

what came first the Aztecs or the incas?

Aztecs

Who did Hernan Cortes conquer?

Aztecs in Mexico City

Tenochtitlan

Capital of the Aztec Empire, Mexico City is built upon

Cuzco

Capital of the Incan empire

Geocentric

Earth centered

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

First European to see the Pacific Ocean

How did Hernan Cortes conquer the Aztec empire?

Formed alliances with Aztec enemies

Who developed the scientific method?

Francis Bacon

What did Galileo do?

He used a telescope to observe heavens and saw how complex they were

Why was Copernicus's theory revolutionary?

It contradicted the teachings of classical thinkers

what did Nicolaus Copernicus write?

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

peninsulares

People living in the New World Spanish colonies but born in Spain

mulattoes

People of African and European descent

Line of Demarcation

Pope Alexander VI divided the world between Portugal and Spain in 1493

What did Bartholomew Dias do?

Rounded the Cape of Good Hope

what are the Moluccas?

Spice Islands

reasons for spanish victory

Superior Military Technology, division among indigenous peoples, disease, indigenous people thought they were facing the end of the world

who controlled trade between Asia and Europe in the 1400s?

arabs and Italians

Tlaloc & Quetzalcoatl

aztec gods

ayllu

a close-knit village in the Inca empire

viceroy

a governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch

after when was the line of demarcation set?

after Columbus set sail

creoles

an American born descendant of Spanish settlers

Matteo Ricci

an Italian Jesuit priest brought knowledge of China to Europe

Which two men revolutionized scientific thought in the 1600s?

bacon and descartes

pizzato vs incas

captured and killed Atahualpa asked for ransom

the expedition Ferdinand magellan commanded

circled the globe

why did Henry see promise in Africa?

convert africans to christianity, find the source of the muslims riches, find a way to reach Asia from Africa

Crusades

crusaders encountered Muslims on trading route found spices

Chavin, Moche, Nazca, huari, Tiahuanaco

cultures that thrived in the Andean region

what were the advances in medicine?

description of the body and microscope

What did Nicolaus Copernicus do?

developed the heliocentric theory

Jacques Cartier

discovered the St. Lawrence River

what was the secret weapon of the Spanish conquistadors?

disease

one of newtons contributions was his

explanation of the movement of planets

What were the conquistadors looking for?

gold

What critical mistake did Columbus make when he left Spain in 1492?

he greatly underestimated the earths size

why didn't Galileo get arrested?

he renounced his beliefs

what miscalculation did magellan make?

he underestimate the size of the pacific

Who was Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui?

he was the first Inca emperor

Galens ancient works were incorrect in terms of

human anatomy

chinampas

islands used to cultivate crops

the Aztecs sacrificed humans because they believed

it gave the sun strength to rise

effects of scientific revolution

knowledge and curiosity, fuels exploration of the world, discoveries used today

what did prince Henry do?

mapped out the African coast, captured towns, navigation school in Sarges

at what skill were the incas masters

metalworking

who did Hernan cortes kill?

moctezuma

Valley of Mexico

numerous Mesoamerican civilizations, including the Aztecs, arose

how did the Chinese attitudes toward exploration change after the death of Zheng he?

overseasnexpliration ended and china looked inward

mestizos

people of Native American and European descent

Advances in Chemistry

periodic table of elements

What did Zheng He do?

promoted trade, explored Southeast Asia and India

what did Brahe and Kepler do?

proved that planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles

why did europeans reject the heliocentric theory?

religion

Econmienda

right the Spanish government granted to it's American colonists to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans

What did Vasco da Gama do?

rounded Calicut in 10 months, forced treaty w Calicut, and controlled trading post

what was the most desired item to obtain through trade?

spices for flavoring meat, preserving food, making medicines or perfumes

heliocentric

sun-centered

Astrolabe

takes the altitude from the sun and stars

Francisco pizzaro was the conquistador who defeated

the Inca

what did Ferdinand Magellan discover in South America?

the channel linking the Atlantic and the pacific

what did the Black Death cause?

the end of the Mongol empire and after the population increased with the demand for goods

With whom did Hernan Cortes arrange alliances?

the enemies of the Aztecs

why did europeans want to find a new trading route to Asia?

the land trip was too slow and they wanted to riches/goods

what was the attitude of the spanish towards the aztec religion?

they did not like it and tried to convert the Aztecs to christianity

why did Isabella sponsor Columbus' voyages?

they hoped it would bring wealth, prestige, and catholicism

what was one way in which native Americans resisted the spanish conquest of South America?

they preserved many aspects of their own culture

which statement best summarizes Portuguese discoveries?

they sailed to India by going around the coast of Africa

Why did scientists begin to repeat their experiments?

to refine and improve their hypotheses

why did the Spanish bring enslaved africans to the americas?

to search for gold and silver

what were Columbus' flaws?

underestimated size of the earth, overestimated size of Asia, overestimated oceans, continents

in what area did the Spanish have an advantage over the natives?

weapons and military strategy

peon

worker forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt