What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494, line dividing the world between Spain and Portugal

What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?

Buying & selling of Africans for work in the Americas

What was The Columbian Exchange?

the widespread exchange of plants, animals, and disease

Technologies that allowed Europeans to explore in the 1400s and 1500s

Caravel, Astrolabe, Improved maps, Magnetic Compass

The triple Alliance was formed by...

Tlacopan, Texcoco, Tenochtitlan

Why did the Aztec sacrifice people?

keep the Gods from ending the world

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

Founded a school to teach navigation

What is one way that the slave trade impacted Africa?

Encouraged polygamy because there were more women than men

The last great Sapa Inca (Warrior King) whose death led to decline of Inca

who was Vasco da Gama?

1st European to reach India by sea

What was the Mita System?

A system developed to construct buildings/ roads w/ required labor by Incas

Why did Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor than Native Americans?

Africans were strangers in the Americas, so no allies

What are 2 cultural advancements made by the Mayas?

Concept of Zero and sophisticated calendar

Which of the following was not a consequence of the Columbian Exchange?

Native population growth in the Americas

What is the Encomienda System?

the Spanish forced the American Indians into labor

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1
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
government taking ownership of a company or industry
treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494
line dividing the world between Spain and Portugal
government in which a small group of people rule
2
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Buying into the system and trusting the process
Voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies
Buying & selling of Africans for work in the Americas
Trading of resources with Europe
3
All of the following were motives for European exploration EXCEPT:
overpopulation in Europe
to spread Christianity
to find trade routes
the Renaissance
4
What was The Columbian Exchange?
a period where people were discovering the americas
a time where to 13 colonies began to form
the widespread exchange of plants, animals, and disease
a period of exploration
5
Technologies that allowed Europeans to explore in the 1400s and 1500s
Caravel
Astrolabe
Improved maps
Magnetic Compass
6
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Cortes
Moctezuma
Malinche
Pizzaro
7
Teotihuacan was one of the first major civilizations in Mexico.
False
True
8
Who conquered the Inca empire?
Pizarro
Cortes
Columbus
Atahualpa
9
The triple Alliance was formed by...
Texcoco, Tlaxcala, Teotihuacan
Texcoco, Tlaxcala, Cuicuilco
Tlacopan, Texcoco, Tenochtitlan
Texcoco, Cuicuilco, Teotihuacan
10
What was the main disease that killed Native Americans?
Syphilis
HIV
Measles
Small Pox
11
What was the purpose of the quipu?
Used for counting sacrifices
Aided runners in traveling throughout Inca empire
Used as a headdress
to keep records
12
Why did the Aztec sacrifice people?
prevent the evil god from possessing people
keep the rising population down
have enough food for the winter
keep the Gods from ending the world
13
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
Portuguese explorer sailed to southern tip of Africa in 1488
He discovered Americas in 1492 while searching for India.
Portuguese sailor first European to reach India
Founded a school to teach navigation
14
The Popul Vuh was ____.
the Chinese creation story
the Olmec creation story
the Austronesian creation story
the Mayan creation story
15
where did the Inca settle?
The valley of tikal
the valley of mexico
the valley of Cuzco
The valley of valleys
16
One impact of the slave trade on Africa was
Little impact
Loss of religious beliefs
Increased violence
Peace and stability
17
What is one way that the slave trade impacted Africa?
The Africans became more peaceful & quit fighting eachother
Encouraged polygamy because there were more women than men
European criminals were sent to Africa & they raised armies
18
Who is Huayna Capac?
Pachacuti's brother
Last Incan ruler conquered by Pizarro
The most successful Incan astromomer
The last great Sapa Inca (Warrior King) whose death led to decline of Inca
19
who was Vasco da Gama?
Circumnavigated the world
founded the Americas
Sailed with Columbus
1st European to reach India by sea
20
What did Bartolomeu Dias explore?
Southern Tip of Africa
North America
Southern Tip of Asia
Portugal
21
Where were the Olmecs located?
Carribean
Peru
New Mexico
Coast of Mexico, Mesoamerica
22
What was the Mita System?
The social ranking ladder in the Maya empire
A system designed to banish 1 criminal a year (Toltec)
A system where slaves worked to pay off their debts
A system developed to construct buildings/ roads w/ required labor by Incas
23
Why did Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor than Native Americans?
Africans had COMPLETE immunity to ALL diseases
Africans did farm, so they wouldn't do thing their way
Africans were Christians, didn't need to be converted
Africans were strangers in the Americas, so no allies
24
What are 2 cultural advancements made by the Mayas?
Terraces and Quipu
Quipus and human sacrifice
Concept of Zero and sophisticated calendar
Calendar and Chinampas
25
Christopher Columbus arrived in America in
1493
1490
1492
1491
26
Which of the following was not a consequence of the Columbian Exchange?
Population growth in Afroeurasia
Native population growth in the Americas
the diffusion of foods and cash crops
the spread of epidemic disease
27
What did Bartolome De Las Casas do?
helped make laws to protect the natives
All of the above
suggested that Africans would make better slaves
was a Spanish priest
28
Two people who belonged to the same ayllu might often...
speak different languages
live in different regions
work at different tasks
obey different leaders
29
What is the Encomienda System?
the Spanish forced the American Indians into labor
A system that managed the way slaves worked
A system that manufactured food and managed sales
30
They used a sundial and astronomy to create the Mayan ______
Metric System
Clock
Chair
Calendar

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