MesoAmerican Cultures
What MesoAmerican culutre was NOT conquered by the Spanish?
Maya
In what region of the world are Mexico, Brazil and Peru located?
Latin America
Which was made post-Industrial Revolution?
Airplane, Computer, railway cars, sewing machine
computer
John Locke believed that every human is born with 3 natural rights. What are they?
Life, Liberty and the right to property
Name the 3 great civilizations that flourished in Latin America prior to European colonization.
Aztec, Maya, Inca
What civilization built their capital city in the middle of a lake?
Aztec
What invention of the Renaissance led to exploration of the Americas and the Protestant Reformation?
printing press
This began in Europe and was the "rebirth" of early Greek and Roman information and was immediately following the Middle Ages.
Renaissance
Which Enlightenment Thinker was closest to the traditional way of thinking?
Hobbs
What was the purpose of the assembly line?
to make production go faster
What was the religious significance of pyramids in the Aztec and Maya culture?
Sacrifice
This was the name of the trading of food, ideas, disease between the new and old world.
Columbian Exchange
What was the time period in history when people started to become more reliant on new technology?
Industrial Revolution
Many revolutions were inspired by this type of thinking.
Enlightenment
Before the Enlightenment kings believed they got their power form whom?
God
What innovation did the Aztec implement to make more viable farm land?
chinampas
Name 2 reasons why European colonized Latin America?
religious persecution, over population, disease, freedom from feudalism, adventure, spread Christianity
What do we call it when rural areas start to become cities?
urbanization
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Describe an absolute monarchy.
What was the name of the Inca city not conquered by the Spanish that is a major tourist attraction today?
Machu Picchu
Name 4 outcomes of European colonization of Latin America.
Colombian Exchange, death of indigenous people (war/disease), end of great civilizations, slave trade, culture change
What were the names of the buildings built during the IR that were quickly and poorly made and held multiple families at one time.
tenements
July 4, 1776 the American colonies declared independence from what European country?
England
Who was the founder of the Persian Empire? He also was the first to allow religious freedom.
Cyrus the Great