Maya,Inca, Aztec
This Mesoamerican society was seen as the "mother culture" of future civilizations. They also made huge head monuments!
Who are the Olmecs?
What are the three words we use to simplify the motivations of European Explorers. Name all of them
What are the 3 G's(Gold,Glory,God)
Christopher Columbus
In Mesoamerican religions, what was seen as the greatest sacrifice to the gods.
What is Blood/Human Sacrifice
What is the Crusades?
Who are the Portuguese
What is quipu?
A period of time in Europe where we saw a renewed interest in the Arts and Sciences
What is the Renaissance?
This treaty split the world in half. With Spain claiming the western half and Portugal claiming the eastern half
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This city created in the middle of Lake Texcoco was the capital of the Mexica
What is Tenochtitlan?
This disease had wiped out nearly a third of Europe's total population. Allowing for greater social mobility
What is the Black Death(Bubonic Plague)
The famous Venetian merchant who was the first European to travel to China
Who is Marco Polo?
The Maya mathematics used a _____ counting system
What is a base 20
The Invention of this machine allowed for ideas to travel faster than ever before and made written materials more accessible
What is the Printing Press?
The Spanish Missionary made famous for sending reports of the Spanish colonists abusing Native Americans