Native Americans
Aztecs & Incas
Columbian Exchange
Age of Exploration
Europeans
100
Circle the Great Plains region
Niceeeeee
100
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlán
100
Potatoes are native to the ____ World
New World!
100
What is this thing? (Hint: it made long-distance navigation, which helped Portuguese and Spanish explorers)
Astrolabe
100
Who was the Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire?
Hernán Cortés
200
What agricultural technique originated in present-day Mexico, spread throughout North America, and supported population growth in Native American societies?
Three Sisters farming
200
Who was the final ruler of the Aztec Empire?
Moctezuma II
200
Explain why the Old World had more communicable diseases than the New World.
Domesticated animals etc.
200
Which European country claimed Brazil as a colony in the year 1500?
Portugal
200
Who was the Spanish conquistador who began the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
300
Which Native American culture built their homes out of adobe clay?
Pueblo
300
Describe one example of the Incas adapting to their natural environment.
Andenes (minecraft looking farming terraces)
300
What was the Spanish missionary system?
After 1573, Spain put missionaries (rather than military leaders) in charge of new settlements in the Americas
300
What were the names of the Spanish monarchs who sponsored Columbus' four transatlantic voyages?
Ferdinand and Isabella
300
Explain what motivated the Spanish crown to fund an expedition across the Atlantic Ocean
etc
400
Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest primarily obtained their food supply via _______________
Hunting and gathering
400
Identify two factors which facilitated the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
- Disease
- Civil war
400
Describe ONE way in which the introduction of Old World animals to the New World changed how Native Americans lived.
[ANSWERS MAY VARY]
400
Who is generally considered the first European to land in North America?
Leif Erikson
Hinga dinga durgen
400
Circle the two main regions of Africa that formed part of the Transatlantic slave trade.
500
What was the name of the capital city of the Mississippian culture between c. 700 to 1200?
Cahokia
500
Who was Malintzin (AKA Doña Marina) and what was her role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
500
How did the Europeans' discovery of the Americas affect the development of capitalism in Europe?
Mineral wealth and resources --> new ways to gain wealth outside of feudal economic / political structures
500
On October, 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Guanahani / San Salvador. Which present-day country does this island belong to?
The Bahamas
500
Explain the difference between the encomienda vs the Spanish caste system.
[etc.]