History T2 Test 4 - Chapter 3 Sections 1 and 2 - Latin America

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Civilization started on an island in modern day Mexico City.

Aztec

Economy was based off Tribune.

Aztec

Farmed on rafts called Chinampas.

Aztec

Saw an eagle devouring a snake, on a cactus growing out of a rock.

Aztec

The last king was Montezuma.

Aztec

They sacrificed humans removing their hearts to appease the god of war.

Aztec

They were conquered by Cortes.

Aztec

The goals of the Europeans included:

God, Gold, Glory

Built over 24,000 miles of roads.

Inca

Civilization was located 11,000 feet above sea level in the Andes Mountains.

Inca

Farmed by using a technique called terrace farming.

Inca

Forced people they conquered to learn their language Quechua.

Inca

Last emperor was Atahuallpa.

Inca

Machu Picchu was a part of this civilization.

Inca

Population was close to 12 million.

Inca

Their capital was Cusco.

Inca

They believed their ruler was descended from the sun god Inti.

Inca

They kept records using knotted strings called Quipu.

Inca

They were conquered by Pizarro.

Inca

Used llamas as transportation.

Inca

Were known as the "children of the sun."

Inca

Developed a form of writing called hieroglyphics. Our four books remain.

Mayan

Its most famous temple is Chichen Itza.

Mayan

Located in the Central American reainforest.

Mayan

Theory of decline is that they overused their land.

Mayan

They created both secular and religious calenders.

Mayan

They played a game called Pok-a-tok.

Mayan

Use the "slash and burn" technique for farming.

Mayan

Used cacao (chocolate) as money in the markets.

Mayan

Was made up of city-states who often fought each other.

Mayan

Columbus landed in the "New World" on ________.

October 12, 1492

Their name is translated to mean "rubber people".

Olmec

They created colossal stone heads.

Olmec

The Treat of Tordesillas was negotiated by ________.

Pope Alexander VI

The Line of Demarcation gave _______ land east of the line and ______ land west of the line.

Portugal, Spain

The riches of the Americas made _______ the richest and most powerful nation in Europe.

Spain

The main street was known as the "Avenue of the Dead."

Teotihuacan

Was known for the trade of obsidian tools.

Teotihuacan

The first in the region to experiment in metals.

Toltec

Thei capital was Tollan.

Toltec

A ______ gave Spanish settlers the right to demand taxes or labor from the native Americans.

encomienda

True/False: Balboa was the first European to see the Caribbean Sea.

false

True/False: The Inca Exchange was the exchange of people, goods, ideas, and diseases.

false

True/False: The Spanish preserved Native American books, sculpture and temples.

false

True/False: The economic goal of a country is to import more than it exports.

false

True/False: The most common grown crop in early colonies was tobacco.

false

True/False: The system of Mercantilism was to stress the goals of the individual over the government.

false

True/False: A hacienda was a large tract of land that produced a single cash crop.

true

True/False: In Mercantilism wealth and power was based on the ownership of gold and silver.

true

True/False: Magellan and his crew were the first Europeans to circumnavigate the globe.

true


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