Chapter 16 Study Guide
How did the Columbian Exchange affect agriculture in Europe and the Americas?
People on both continents grew new foods to trade with each other
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?
Pizarro
The Aztecs and Incas were defeated by "Conquistadors" - A Conquistador is a
Spanish explorer looking for gold and riches
The Spanish forced labor system in the Americas resulted in
atrocities against natives
The Mayan and Aztec civilizations advanced the development of a _________
calendar
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
How did the earliest humans arrive in the Americas over 10,000 years ago?
Followed animals across a land bridge
Which best defines a civilization?
A community that has a government, workers, trade, and religion
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he arrived in the Americas?
Asia
Why were diseases like smallpox especially deadly among the tribes of the Americas?
Because they had no immunity
What Spanish policy granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish colonists as a reward?
Encomienda
What was Pizarro's motivation for exploring the Incan Empire?
Gold and silver
The first Europeans to make settlements in the Americas were the
Spanish
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need the technologies listed below?
It was built on an island
The Aztecs built their capital city on what would become present-day _____________________
Mexico city
Who was the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish first arrived in Mexico?
Monte Zuma
created works of art, had several social classes, held religious rituals
Mound builders and Olmec
Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations of the Americas?
Native Americans lives were changed forever
written language & ruins found in Mexico
Olmec
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.
Smallpox, horses, and weapons
Where were the Maya located?
The Yucatan pen, Mesoamerica, Central America, Mexico
What object that the Olmec created do most people think of?
The giant stone heads
What was a result of exploration of the Americas?
Violent conflict
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent settlements?
farming
ruins found in US
mound builders
True or False -- Did the Mayan make paper.
true
