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