Names/Terms
The 3 "G's"
What is "God, Gold, Glory"
Conquered the Aztec
Who was Hernan Cortes?
Where the Aztec lived
What is Mexico?
This is where the Inca lived
What is South America/Peru
This is where the Maya lived
What is the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras
The concept that countries maximize power by maximizing wealth through exports
What is Mercantilism
The "Protector of the Indians"
Who was Bartolome de las Casas?
A style of writing used by the Aztec
What is Hieroglyphics/Pictographs?
An ancient Inca city high the Andes Mts.
What is Machu Pichu?
The number the Maya are best known for
What is zero?
A policy that gave land in the New World and the people on it to Spanish colonists
What is an Encomienda
Conquered the Inca
Who was Fransisco Pizarro?
This Aztec practice was one of the reasons the Spanish felt justified in conquering them
What is Human Sacrifice?
The Inca were known for over 2,000 of these
What is miles of road?
The reason the Mayan civilization ended
We don't know
"Spices"
What is the reason that Columbus and others wanted to get to India
The Emperor of the Aztec
Who was Montezuma?
The real reason the Aztec fell
What is small pox?
The difference between Montezuma and Atahualpa
Montezuma=Aztec
Atahualpa=Inca
An important myth about the when the Mayans lived
What is, that they lived at the same time as the Aztec and Inca
Today Mexico City, formally the capitol of the Aztec civilization
What is Tenochtitlan?
Killed by Francisco Pizarro
Who was Atahualpa?
The significance of it being a “One Reed Year” in 1519?
Montezuma believed a god would return to conquer them on a One Reed year...this when Cortes showed up!
This became the new capital created by Pizarro and still is today
What is Lima, Peru
A key crop to the Mayan (and other) Civilizations
What is Maize?