Mayans
What did the Mayans build as shrines for their gods?
Pyramids
Name one present-day country that was the location of the Aztec empire.
Among what mountain range was the Incan civilization established?
Andes Mountains
Who wrote a book that inspired exploration?
Marco Polo
Identify two diseases that Native Americans were not resistant to.
Measles, smallpox, mumps, typhus, chickenpox, cholera, influenza
What form of writing did the Mayans develop?
Heiroglyphics
What was the capital city of the Aztec empire?
Technotitlan
What did the Incas use for record keeping?
Quipu (knotted cords)
Name one thing that helped the conquistadors conquer the Aztec and the Incan empires.
Horses, guns, cannons, disease
Who was used for farming and mining after the Native American population declined?
Africans
365 day calendar
What did the Aztecs create to allow for more agricultural space?
What did the Incas use to create more agricultural space in the mountains?
Terrace farming
Identify one technological advance that helped European navigation.
Astrolabe, compass, caravel
How did the introduction of potatoes affect Europeans?
Increased population
Describe the political structure of the Mayans.
city-states - decentralized
What did the Aztecs create to connect their capital to the mainland?
causeways
What city's remains are one of the seven wonders of the world?
Machu Picchu
What/who prevented many European explorers from travelling through the Middle East to get to Asia?
Ottoman Turks; fall of Constantinople as a result for the Crusades
Who spread Christianity to Native Americans and Africans?
Missionaries
Although the Mayans didn't have a uniform currency, what did they often use for exchange purposes?
cacao beans
Which Spanish conquistador led the conquest of the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortez
How did the Incas control their huge empire?
They divided it into 4 provinces / road system
This economic goal of exploration was an attempt to get wealth from trade, but having more exports than imports.
mercantilism
Identify two things brought from Europe that helped Native Americans be more effective farmers
iron and steel tools, horses