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How did the Columbian Exchange affect agriculture in Europe and the Americas?
People on both continents grew new foods and new animals to trade
Conquistador
Spanish conqueror or soldier searching for wealth and riches
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he arrived in the Americas?
asia
The Mayan and Aztec civilizations advanced the development of
calendar
Both (Mound builders & Olmec)
created works of art, had several social classes, held religious rituals
true or false: Columbus 1st to sail to america
false
The Spanish forced labor system in the Americas resulted in
Atrocities against native americans
What Spanish policy granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish colonists as a reward?
Encomienda
What was not a motivating factor for Europeans to explore and colonize the Americas
Enslave natives to send to Europe
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
How did the earliest humans arrive in the Americas over 10,000 years ago?
Land bridge connecting Eurasia to the Americas following animals
Where were the Maya located?
Mexico, ucatan peninsula, mesoamerica, central america
Who was the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish first arrived in Mexico?
Montezuma
Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations of the Americas?
Native americans lives were changed forever by colonization
What object that the Olmec created do most people think of?
Stone heads
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need the technologies listed below?
Tenochtitlán was built on an island
Why were diseases like smallpox especially deadly among the tribes of the Americas?
Their immune systems were not used to the disease
Which best defines a civilization?
a community that has features such as cities, governments, workers, trade, and religion
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent settlements?
farming
What was Pizarro's motivation for exploring the Incan Empire?
gold and silver
The Aztecs built their capital city on what would become present day.
mexico city
Mound builders
ruins found in US
What disease that almost wiped out the entire population of Native Americans in the Americas.
smallpox
The first Europeans to make settlements in the Americas were the
spanish
true or false: the mayans made paper
true
What was a result of exploration of the Americas?
violent conflicts
Name three things that led to the Spanish conquering the Indians.
weapons, horses, and smallpox
olmecs
written language & ruins found in Mexico
