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West coast of south America
Where were the Maya located?
Southern Mexico into Guatemala and Belize
Where were the Aztec located?
In central Mexico, specifically the capital was on lake Texcoco.
Who landed on the island of Hispañola in October of 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Describe what the process of irrigation is?
The act of digging a canal or ditch to direct water to crops.
How do historians know the vikings made it to north America before Coumbus did?
There is evidence of European products and writing in Canada dating back to 1001.
How did Islam and Christianity interact?
There were areas where there were both Christians and Muslims especially in Spain and Portugal. Also, there were wars fought between them over the holy land called the crusades.
What general beliefs did native Americans share?
They shared the belief that nature is scared, and that there are powerful spirits controlling nature.
How did humans get to the Americas?
The bering land bridge
The astrolabe allowed sailors to measure their coordinates and the compass allowed them to know what direction they're facing.
Desrcibe the harm European exploration and conquest did to native Americans.
Europeans captured, fought, and spread diseases to native Americans that wiped out many different groups and tribes.
How did the Hohokam and Pueblo people adapt to life in the Desert?
They made complex irrigation systems to water farmland.
How did Islam spread from the middle east?
The religion of Islam started in the middle east, and eventually through trade and conquest, spread to north Africa, eastern parts of Iran and Iraq, and even into Spain and Portugal.
Describe what the Columbian exchange was.
The exchanging of goods, products, and ideas between Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
What was the Renaissance?
The Renaissance is a french word meaning, "Rebirth." Is also is a time period in European history where many scholars focused on classical pieces from Greece and Rome. Knowledge began to grow in Europe.
Explain the affects the crusades had on Europe and Asia.
The crusades exchanged culture, products, and other items to Europeans and Christians gained control of the holy land for 100 years.
What was the main cause for the collapse of the Aztec and Inca civilizations?
They were rifled with disease from European explorers.
What is cultural diffusion?
The spread of ideas, beliefs, and customs from one group of people to another.
Describe why silk was so expensive and popular.
Silk was expensive because it was very tedious and time-consuming to make. Also, it is soft and luxurious so many nobles wanted it.
How was China different from other places on the silk road?
It was geographically isolated from other places because of mountains and deserts that stood between them and other places.
What items were introduced to the Americas during the Columbian exchange?
Cows, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Horses, Olives, Wheat, Rice
What items were introduced to Africa, Asia, Europe during the Columbian exchange?`
Tomatoes, Squash, Beans, Llamas, Alpacas, Bison, Potatoes
How was the sun god viewed in Aztec culture?
Huitzilopochtli was the patron god of the Aztec's capital of Tenichtitlan. They also believed the emperor was the human version of him.
What was Ferdinand Magellans goal as an explorer?
He wanted to circumnavigate the globe.
How did the Inca unify their empire?
They used complex roads and governors to control different land and territory.