Civilizations of the Americas
What were the capital cities of the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Tenochtitlan and Cusco
Which empire conquered Constantinople in 1453?
Ottoman Empire
What animals made trade across the Sahara Desert possible on a large scale?
Camels
Which European empire conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Spanish Empire
What's one piece of evidence you could use for the following prompt:
Develop an argument that evaluates the similarities and differences in how the Portuguese and Dutch established and maintained their trading empires in Africa and Asia during the period 1500–1750.
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What agricultural techniques did the Aztec and Inca use to adapt to their environments?
Chinampas and terrace farming
What branch of Islam did the Safavid Empire establish as its official religion?
Shi'a
What seasonal winds helped merchants travel across the Indian Ocean?
Monsoon winds
Which European empire established Brazil as its largest American colony?
Portuguese Empire
write a claim for the following prompt: Develop an argument that evaluates similaritiesand differences between the Ottoman, Safavid,and Mughal Empires during the period 1450–1750.
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How did the Taíno organize their political communities?
Chiefdoms led by caciques
What military technology helped the Ottoman and Safavid Empires expand?
Gunpowder weapons, including firearms and cannons
What two major commodities were exchanged through Trans-Saharan trade?
Gold and salt
How did the British and French colonial economies in North America often differ?
British colonies developed extensive agricultural settlements, while French colonies relied more heavily on fur trading and Indigenous alliances
A student writes: "The Aztec and Inca Empires were similar in some ways but different in others." Why would this thesis fail to earn the thesis point?
Not specific enough
How did trade networks connect societies in pre-Columbian America?
They exchanged goods, resources, and cultural ideas across regions
How did the Songhai Empire become wealthy and powerful?
By controlling major trade routes and commercial centers such as Gao and Timbuktu
System of sending raw materials from the Americas to Europe, sending finished products to Africa and sending enslaved people to the Americas, ad nauseum.
Triangle Trade
How did Portuguese and Dutch colonial expansion in Asia differ from Spanish colonization of the Philippines?
Portuguese and Dutch expansion focused heavily on trade routes and commercial ports, while Spain established a territorial colony with settlements and missionary activity
For the following prompt, give me one piece of evidence you could use:
Develop an argument that evaluates the similarities and differences in how the Aztec and Inca Empires organized and governed their societies before European colonization.
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What was one major difference between how the Aztec and Inca Empires controlled conquered peoples?
Aztecs relied heavily on tribute and local rulers; Incas used centralized administration and labor obligations
Compare how religion influenced political authority in the Ottoman and Safavid Empires.
Both used Islam to legitimize rulers, but the Ottomans were predominantly Sunni while the Safavids promoted Shi'a Islam
What was Mercantilism?
governments tightly controlled trade to make their own country rich and powerful, mostly by selling more goods to other nations than they bought from them
Which two nations used private trading companies to manage their empire building in Asia?
Britain and the Netherlands
Create CONTEXT for the following prompt:
Develop an argument that evaluates the similarities and differences in how the Aztec and Inca Empires organized and governed their societies before European colonization.
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