Age of discovery
What was the name of the explorer that 'discovered' the New World?
Christopher Columbus
The capital city of the Aztec Empire.
Tenochtitlan
What was the name of the Lake where the Aztecs settled?
Lake Texcoco
In which year did the Spanish conquer the Aztec Empire?
1521
What club does Billy Campbell play for in football / soccer?
Dunbar - the best team, of course!
In which year did the European 'discovery' of the Americas occur?
1492
Name TWO main civilizations in the pre-Columbian Americas OTHER than the Aztecs.
Inca, Maya, Mississipians
What was the name of the small temples built in ordinary Aztec's homes?
Shrines
What was ONE reason the Spanish conquered the Aztecs?
They had superior armour and weapons.
They successfully besieged Tenochtitlan by: cutting of its water and food supplies and bombarding the city, while at the same time disease weakened the inhabitants.
They built an alliance that strengthened their forces.
How many balls are on a pool table at the start of a game?
16
What were the 3 motivations that drove the European Age of Discovery?
God, Gold, Glory
In which part of the new world would you find the Incas?
South America OR The Andes Mountains
What kind of leader governed the Aztec Empire?
Emperor
Which god did Montezuma think Cortes was?
Quetzalcoatl
Other than their city, what else did the Aztecs lose following the conquest?
Political power, language, religion
Why could explorers not successfully complete complete the northwestern route around the Americas (The Northwest Passage)?
Because the Northwest Passage passes through the Arctic region - the seas are frozen and impassable to ships.
What was the name of the floating garden systems that were the building blocks of the city known as Tenochtitlan?
The Chinampas
Emperor
The Spanish razed the city and built Mexico City on top of it.
What is the name for the exchange of people, goods, animals, food, diseases, technologies and ideas between the Americas and Eurasia?
The Trans-Atlantic Exchange
What was the point, infamous for its rough seas, where ships sailed around the southernmost point of Africa?
Cape of Good Hope
What was the name Christopher Columbus gave to Indigenous Americans when he first arrived in Mexico?
The Indians
What was the name of the floating islands used by the Aztecs to farm?
Chinampa
What was the name of the Indigenous American nation who allied with Cortes?
Tlaxcalan
The Aztec population in 1521 was 25,000,000. What was its population by 1580?
2,500,000