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Social & Political Systems
Bonus skills round
100
Two of the ways the Aztecs adapted to their swampy island.
What are chinampas (floating gardens) and bridges.
100

Who funded the conquest to the Americas ?

Who is Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

100

Why did the Aztecs sacrifice humans?

What is human blood sustained the sun and earth- so it was vital to growing food and sustaining life

100

What were the three motives for the Spanish conquest of the America's?

What is Glory, God and Gold

100

What does RACE stand for?

R estate the question

A nswer the question

C ite the source

E vidence from the source to support your answer

200
___________ was the most populous city in Aztec Mexico
What is Tenochtitlan
200
Spain was a part of a _____ empire.
What is large
200

What happened to Spain in 1492

Columbus sailed to the Americas.

200
How long did it take to build the city on Tenochtitlan?
What is 200 years
200

How can you use evidence from an image to answer a question in the RACE method?

Explain the features of the image and their possible meaning in the C and E parts of RACE

300
Where is Tenochtitlan located?
What is and island in lake Texcoco surrounded by mountains.
300

_________ came back in 1421 to take over Tenochtitlan and ultimately the Aztec Empire.

Who is Hernan Cortes.

300
True or False, the church was the top of the social status in Spain.
What is False
300

How long did the Aztecs take to travel before they stopped at Tenochtitlan? What is:

a) 100 years

b) 150 years

c) 200 years

What is b) 150 years

300

What is a primary and secondary source?

Primary: was from the time/written/collected at the time

Secondary: was written/depicted/discussed after the time period.

400
Where is Spain located?
What is in the south west corner of Europe beside the Atltantic Ocean
400
The Aztecs used slaves and pretty people for ______
What is sacrifice
400

Name two types of weapons the Aztecs used?

What are clubs, bows, spears, darts, swords.

400
On what level of the social class system did the Spanish regard the new peoples they discovered?

What are slaves (or will accept peasants).

400

What clues could you use to determine if a source is fact or opinion?

You could do the following:

Look at the source reference and determine who made it, when and what was their motivation for doing so.

500
Where is Tenochtitlan in Mexico (North or South)
What is South
500
What year did Cortes find Tenochtitlan?
What is 1519
500
Who was Hernan Cortes
Who is the Spanish conquistador who came to Tenochtitlan
500
Who was the ruler of the Aztecs?
Who is and Emperor Priest or Moctezuma II
500

How can you determine a source's reliability?

Determine if it is fact or opinion, if it is fact, then it is usually reliable. If it is opinion, then it may be biased.

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