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7. What did the successful conquests of the Aztecs and Incas PROVIDE FOR SPAIN? (2pts)
What is...
a. Enormous wealth and control over vast territories.
10. What did Europeans do when hardship and disease greatly REDUCED THE NUMBER OF ENSLAVED NATIVE AMERICANS? (1pt)
What is...
1. Brought enslaved Africans to meet the labor shortage.
1. Who were the FIRST PEOPLE to arrive in Latin America? (1pt)
What is...
Ancestors of today’s Native Americans.
4. What gave the Toltecs the ADVANTAGE THEY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN their rule over what is now northern Mexico? (1pt)
What is...
a. They had the most powerful weapons in the surrounding areas.
5. Where was the Inca’s POWERFUL CIVILIZATION LOCATED during the 1400s? Along WHERE did their empire stretch? (2pts)
What is...
a. In South America in what is now Peru.
b. Along the Andes.
11. During this time, what did the AMERICAS IMPORT FROM EUROPE? What did the AMERICAS EXPORT BACK TO EUROPE in return? (2pts)
What is...
1. Enslaved people from Africa and manufactured goods.
2. Sugar, cotton, tobacco, gold, and silver.
3. What did the Maya use their KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY to develop? How did they USE HIEROGLYPHICS? (2pts)
What is...
a. A calendar.
b. To record the history of their kings.
2. Which group of early Native Americans BUILT LATIN AMERICA’S FIRST CIVILIZATION? What were THREE ACTIVITIES that each city focused on or controlled? (4pts)
What is...
a. The Olmecs.
b. Farming, mineral resources, and religion.
8. WHO wanted the same power and influence that the Spanish had achieved? Which SPECIFIC COUNTRIES took control over some of the areas of South America, the Caribbean, and North America? (5pts)
What is...
1. Other European countries.
2. Portugal, France, Britain, and the Netherlands.
6. WHO is the individual that led the Spanish army’s conquest over the Aztecs? What were the TWO FACTORS that helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs within two years? (3pts)
What is...
a. Herman Cortes.
b. The Native Americans that joined the Spanish and germs that carried disease (smallpox + measles)
9. What were FOUR WAYS European Rule transformed the populations of these Latin American Lands? (4pts)
What is...
a. Settled the land, set up colonial governments, spread Christianity, used Native Americans as slaves to grow cash crops.