Chapter 16 Study Guide
How did the Columbian Exchange affect agriculture in Europe and the Americas?
People on all continents grew new foods, and animals to trade.
The Spanish forced labor system in the Americas resulted in
atrocities against native americans
Both (Mound builders & Olmec)
created works of art, had several social classes, held religious rituals
Which best defines a civilization?
A community that is considered cities, governments, workers, trade, and religion
How did the earliest humans arrive in the Americas over 10,000 years ago?
Across a land bridge connecting the eurasia to the americas following animals.
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he arrived in the Americas?
Asia
The Mayan and Aztec civilizations advanced the development of
Calendars
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.
Enslaved natives to send to Europe.
True or False -- Columbus 1st to sail to america
False
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent settlements?
Farming
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?
Fransico Pizzaro
What was Pizarro's motivation for exploring the Incan Empire?
His desire for wealth and power/ gold and silver
The Aztecs built their capital city on what would become present day
Mexico City.
Where were the Maya located?
Mexico, yucatan peninsula, meso america, central america.
Who was the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish first arrived in Mexico?
Montezuma
The first Europeans to make settlements in the Americas were the
Spanish
Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations of the Americas?
Native Americans' lives were changed forever.
What disease that almost wiped out the entire population of Native Americans in the Americas
Smallpox
Name three things that led to the Spanish conquering the Indians.
Soldiers, weapons, and horses, smallpox.
What object that the Olmec created do most people think of?
Stone Heads
Why were diseases like smallpox especially deadly among the tribes of the Americas?
The natives had no immunity to the disease
Know the difference between: there, they're, & their
There = place They're = They are Their = possessive for a person.
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need the technologies listed below aqueducts, dikes, caswas?
They needed because they lived on an island
True or False -- Did the Mayan make paper.
True
What was a result of exploration of the Americas?
Violent conflicts
Mound builders
ruins found in US
The Aztecs and Incas were defeated by "Conquistadors" - A Conquistador is a
soilder/explore looking for riches
Olmec
written language & ruins found in Mexico
