Geography
Name the 7 continents and the 5 oceans
C: N. America, S. America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, Antarctica
O: Indian, Southern, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
What was responsible for killing most of Latin America's indigenous population?
Disease!
True or False
People lived all over the Americas, not just in the Mayan, Incan, and Aztec empires.
True
What is one difference between indigenous societies in North America vs. South & Central America before European contact?
1.
Which country conquered the major Latin American Empires that we discussed in class?
Spain
A way that our geography affects our lives in Iowa is that...
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When thinking about the Atlantic Slave Trade, what is the name of the segment from Africa to the New World?
Middle Passage
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Trade of goods such as plants, animals, spices, crops, etc. between old world and new world
What are the three reasons for exploration?
God, Glory, Gold
What were the three things that led to the fall of the major Latin American Empires during the Age of Exploration?
Guns, Germs, Steel
A way that their environment affects how the Mbuti live is...
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Which American Empire was located in mountainous Peru, had llamas and alpacas, created an extensive road system, and includes Machu Picchu as one of its former cities?
Inca
Which American Empire was located in the Yucatan Peninsula in southern Mexico, had an extensive writing system and agriculture, and experienced a major drought that contributed to its collapse?
Maya
Which American Empire was based on a triple alliance of three city-states, grew corn (maize), and was located in northern Mexico in modern-day Mexico City?
Aztec
“History is often written by the victors” means that our history books
It is written from one perspective
What is one thing you need to be cautious about when you look at a standard reference map?
Map distortion
When disease and overwork of the indigenous peoples of Latin America led to a decrease in the slave work force, European colonizers turned to where for a fresh work force?
Africa
What is a reason we don't know more about the Inca, Aztec, and Maya?
Some artifacts were destroyed by nature
More funding has been given to excavations in other parts of the world
Some artifacts were purposefully destroyed by European conquerors
List AND explain 1 pro and 1 con of exploration.
Pro:
Con:
Why after Portugal began exploring did other countries such as Spain, England, France, & the Netherlands quickly get involved in exploration as well?
Nationalism/Competition/Jealousy
Give three examples of how where we live affects how we live.
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What was the system that the Spanish Monarchy authorized Spaniards to enslave native people and force them to farm and mine?
Encomienda
What is an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy?
Mercantilism
Prior to Portugal finding a sea route to India, who dominated trade in the Indian Ocean?
China and Muslim Empires
What was the name of the hierarchical class system in the Spanish colonies?
Casta System