Aztecs/Mayas
Incas
Exploration
A Whole New World
Slave Trade
100
Asia
The earliest people who migrated to the Americas came from #14
100
The Incas ruled an area that included which mountain range
Which civilization ruled an area that included the Andes Mountains? #15
100
They wanted to find new trade routes
Why did European rulers encourage ocean exploration? #21
100
Brazil
Which place in the Americas was influenced by Portuguese culture? #24
100
Enslaved Africans
By the 1500s, the most important element of African trade with Europeans was #25
200
Were sacrificed to the gods
Peoples conquered by the Aztecs were what? #20
200
Used to allow armies and new to move rapidly throughout the empire
What was the primary purpose of the Incan road system? #16
200
Portugal led the way in exploration
How did Prince Henry change the course of Portugal’s history? #22
200
The Spanish seized Native American resources, enslaved the people, forced them to convert to Christianity, and introduced diseases that wiped out Native American populations
What was a result from encounters between the Spanish and Native Americans? #27 & 31
200
Work as slaves on plantations
Why did European traders send Africans to the Americas? #28
300
Hold religious ceremonies at the correct moment
Why did the Mayas develop an accurate solar calendar? #18
300
To serve the sun god
What were the Incan Chosen women trained to do? #17
300
Gold
Spanish explorers traveled to the Americas to find #23
300
The Spaniards had horses and superior weapons. They were aided by enemies of the Aztecs and Incas. The Indians were weakened and demoralized by disease.
Explain three reasons why the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztec and Incan empires. #31
300
West Africa lost much of its population. Some African societies and small states disappeared. New states, whose way of life depended upon the slave trade, rose in West Africa during the 1600s and 1700s.
What was the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa? #34
400
The chief god was Huitzilopochtli, the sun god. Aztecs performed human sacrifice. Each day, a human heart was offered to the sun god to give him strength to battle the forces of evil at night and ensure that he would be reborn the next morning.
Describe Aztec religious beliefs #29
400
Christopher Columbus
Who began a vast global exchange that included people, plants, technologies, and cultures? #26
400
Conquistadors enslaved Native Americans to work on plantations. Spanish settlers imported African slaves to work as field hands.
Explain two ways that Spain supplied workers to make the sugar plantations profitable. #32
500
Each city had its own ruling chief
Describe Mayan government #19
500
They wanted to find an all-water trade route to Asia that bypassed the Mediterranean; they wanted to fulfill an old desire to crusade against the Muslims and spread Christianity; and they wanted to satisfy their sense of curiosity about other lands and their spirit of adventure.
List three reasons European nations encouraged overseas exploration. #30
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