Culture
What is cultural diffusion?
The spread of culture.
Tenochtitlan is significant to which culture?
Aztecs
Machu Picchu is significant to what culture?
Incas
What does Renaissance mean?
True or False, the Panama Canal was great in the 1900s but is too small to allow any modern cargo ships pass through.
False
Smallest unit of social organization
This civilization created a comprehensive calendar, famously ending in 2012.
Mayans.
Incas occupied this modern South American country.
Peru
Name two specific contributions Europe gave the world during the Renaissance.
Calculus, David, Sistine Chapel, Scientific Method,
Why does Brazil speak Portuguese?
Treaty of Torsedillas.
Judging another CULTURE by the standards of your own.
Ethnocentrism
What is a mestizo?
Blend of Native and European
Who is the Liberator?
Simon Bolivar
Who did the Europeans look to for inspiration for the Renaissance?
Name 2 countries from 2 different continents (Besides the U.S. and Brazil) that were colonized by a European country. Also provide WHICH European country colonized them.
Vietnam - France
India - UK
Indonesia - Dutch
Name four elements of culture
Government
Language
Art
Religion
Social Organization
Customs and Traditions
Economy
Why was Haiti's revolution special? 2 reasons.
1. 1st revolution in South America
2. First successful slave revolt.
What is a mulato?
Mixed European and African ancestry
Martin Luther's Reformation led to a split between 2 major Christian groups. They are the __________ and _________.
Catholics and Protestants.
Name one issue Martin Luther had with the Catholic church
Indulgences; Communion; Lack of Simplicity
Name all 7 elements of culture
Government
Language
Art
Religion
Social Organization
Economics
Customs
Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Natives, Free blacks, slaves
Why did Peninsulares not care for the idea of South American independence?
Besides Columbus, name one European explorer and their achievement.
De Gama - Reached India
Magellan - Circumnavigate the globe
Dias - Sail around Africa
President when the U.S. built the Panama Canal?
Teddy Roosevelt