Test 6

Question 1

Aztec Empire

Answer 1

located in central america
What led to the development of the Aztec Civilization was an alliance building. Texcoco and Tenochtitlan formed an alliance together and had a lot of power and resources. As a result, Triple Alliance formed. Later it became the capital of the Aztec Empire.

Question 2

Lake Texcoco

Answer 2

• a former lake in the Highlands of modern day Mexico
• The Aztec built their capital city : Tenochtitlan city (modern day Mexico city (also the biggest city in North America))

Question 3

Chinampas

Answer 3

• to create a more able land, the Aztec built man made islands knows as chinampas

Question 4

Why is Mexico city sinking?
What effects are after that?
Is there anything that can help?

Answer 4

• Mexico city is on a former lake called Texcoco. Today, the city has 1800 pumps to help remove water. However, rain water doesn’t reach the aquifers.
• People don’t have access to fresh water. Have to rely on trucks to bring water. City buildings are skinking, destroying themselves over time
• People are creating systems to harvest fresh water

Question 5

The Antilles

Answer 5

• an archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea
• These islands are divided into two smaller groups : The Greater and Lesser Antilles

Question 6

La Isabela

Answer 6

first European colonial town in the Americas, united by Christopher Columbus in 1493
- Sponsored by queen Isabela

Question 7

1. Who are the Taino?
2. What happened to them?
3. How they impact the world today?

Answer 7

1. The indigenous people of the Caribbean who originated from the Amazon.
2. After 1492, the Taino : Experience loss due to disease like smallpox and influenza. We’re killed and enslaved. Intermixed with people from Africa and Europe
3. Taino language impacted other languages, added their words like huracan, tobacco, barbacoq, etc

Question 8

anthropomorphism

Answer 8

• assignment of human characteristics to a god, animal or object

Question 9

Quetzacoatl

Answer 9

• became the god of wisdom and learning and was especially reversed in the Calmecac, a school for Aztec nobility

Question 10

Aztec economy

Answer 10

engaged in trade of goods like turquoise, and cocoa beans. Most people however were farmers maize, cacao, tomatoes, beans. Some people became slaves and were traded as well.

Question 11

Aztec society

Answer 11

practiced polytheism (belief in many gods) spoke language known as Nahuatl. Little social mobility between classes: kings-priests-nobles-merchants-farmers-slaves

Question 12

Aztec government

Answer 12

started out as independent city states. However, Tenochtitlan became the most important and its leader was the head of state

Question 13

Cusco

Answer 13

• Capital city of the Inca Empire from circa 1200 to 1535 CE
  In order to connect all the parts of the empire, Inca built an elaborate roadways

Question 14

The Mit’a system

Answer 14

system of mandatory work assignments that required all men to participate in order to maintain infastructure

Question 15

The Inca Empire

Answer 15

• ruled western South America from 1438 until 1535
  used terrace farming system that involves cutting steeps into hillsides

Question 16

Age of Exploration

Answer 16

• late 1400s and the late 1600s
• led to the colonization of the Americas, as well as Africa and parts of Asia
• motivation for this exploration is God, gold, and glory (power)

Question 17

Mercantilism

Answer 17

• European countries established colonies to exploit for resources
• a favorable balance of trade

Question 18

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 18

• Pope Alexander VI inn 1404 drew a line down the map to prevent conflict
• east of the line went to Portugal, the west of the line belonged to Spain

Question 19

Top innovations

Answer 19

Compass (China)
Astrolabe (Greece)
Sextant (England)
Cartography (creation of maps) - benefited from the printing press

Question 20

Columbian Exchange

Answer 20

-a massive exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the New World and the Old World

Question 21

“Old World”

Answer 21

• areas of the world known to Europeans
• The Old world included Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa

Question 22

“New World”

Answer 22

• Europeans began to reference North and South America as the New World

Question 23

Cause and effect : WILL be on a test –> Doc A (Inca), Doc B (Ireland) (both farming potatoes)

Answer 23

Document A illustrates the Inca farming potatoes using terrace farming. As a result of the Columbian exchange, which began in 1492, crops made their way from the New World, to the Old World. This led to potatoes becoming a staple crop in Ireland as shown in Document B.

Question 24

Conquistador

Answer 24

• explorers of the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire.
• conquered territory and opened trade routes.

Question 25

Hernan Cortes

Answer 25

- Cortes fought and defeated other Central American tribes, who then became the Spaniard's allies in destroying Aztec Europe in Asia.

Question 26

Montezuma II

Answer 26

- Ruler of Tenochtitlan, famous for confrontation with Herman Cortes.

Question 27

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 27

Conquistador from Spain, responsible for defeating the Inca Empire.

Question 28

Sapa Inca Atahualpa

Answer 28

- Incas were already dealing with internal problems : two sons, civil war to claim power - The Spanish executed Atahualpa (leader of the Inca in 1533)

Question 29

Historical Circumstances

Answer 29

What led to the development of Spain and Portugal in the Americas was because they wanted new resources. Conquistadors wanted glory and power and to convert others to Christianity.