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1. Mayan cities built during their classic period were made from
__stone_____________. (sec 1)
2. The Mayans lived in which area of the world?___Central America
_________________(sec 1)
3. The time period in Mayan civilization that included their decline was
_post-classic_____.(sec 2)
4. What is the name for central American
civilizations?___Mesoamerican___________ (sec 2)
5. What were three major Mayan accomplishments? (sec 2)
written language
stone buildings
accurate calendar
system
math
6. The Native American society that preceded (came before) the Mayas
in the same area were the ______Olmecs______________________.
(sec 2)
7. Mayan peasant girl/woman most likely to be found making the
_meals____________ in the villages. (sec 4)
8. A Mayan peasant man most likely would be _hunting___________ for
food. (sec 4)
9. Mayan priests were the only ones able to read the
sacred____calendar_______. (sec 5)
10. The Mayan ballgame that they played was called _pok-a-tok
___________. (sec 5)
11. What were the major Mayan crops? (sec 6) squash, corn, peppers
12. What are three theories for why the Mayan civilization declined?(sec
6)
War, drought, population growing too quickly
13. The Mayan number system was based on the number ___20______.
14. What does the picture on the Mexican flag symbolize? (sec 1) the
story about how the Aztecs found the island for their capital city
15. One benefit of settling on land surrounded by Lake Texcoco was it
was easy to _defend_. (sec 2)
16. By forming the Triple Alliance, the Aztec leader Itzcoatl was able to_
free his people from Tepanec rule __ (sec 2)
17. A paid soldier who fights for others is called a _mercenary_. (sec 2)
18. The original tribe of the Aztecs was called the __Mexicas__ (Sec 2)
19. The Aztecs borrowed the god Quetzalcoatl and building design from
the _Toltecs_ (sec 2)
20. The Spanish were __amazed__ when they first saw Tenochtitlan. (sec
3)
21. The Aztecs of Tenochtitlán built chinampas to_gain extra land for
farming_ (sec 3)
22. The Aztecs built a _ceremonial plaza_ in the center of Tenochtitlán
(sec 3)
23. The Aztec Empire was based on tribute. What was tribute? (sec 4)
Payment to the Aztec government, kind of like taxes.
24. The Aztecs let the conquered people keep their customs. Why was
this a problem when it came to making a strong empire? (sec 4) There
was not great unity between the various groups that made up the empire.
25. Which could be given as tribute to the Aztecs? (sec 4)
Food, gem stones, people
26. The Spanish conquistadors most eager to find _gold___ in Mexico.
27. Tenochtitlán has become _Mexico__ City.
28. The Aztec warriors carried weapons made from_obsidian____
29. _Smallpox__ (disease) killed many in the Americas after the Spanish
arrived.
30. _Moctezuma II__ was the Aztec emperor when the Spanish appeared
in 1519
31. A set of strings tied into knots, called a _quipus_, helped Incas
remember information.(sec 1)
32. Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries
today? (sec 2)
Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina
33. The Incas created a network of __roads_ to hold their empire
together. (Sec 2)
34. _Francisco Pizarro_ (conquistador leader) conquered the Incas.
35. The most important Incan food crop was __potatoes___
36. After the Incas conquered a new area, why were local leaders and
their sons brought to Cuzco? (sec 3)
So they learned Incan law and language
37. The main reason why Europeans wanted to travel to Asia was to get
_spices_. (sec 2)
38. _Muslims__and__Italians___ controlled the land routes, so European
monarchs want a sea route to Asia. (sec 2)
39. The _caravel_ made it easier for explorers to sail through shallow
water. (sec 2)
40. Henry the Navigator started a __school for sailors_, which helped
Portugal lead the way in exploration. (sec 3)
41. Vasco da Gama was the first European to __sail to India from
Europe___. (sec 3)
42. Portuguese explorers brought back__gold____from Africa to
Europe.(sec 3)
43.Ferdinand Magellan and his crew were the first Europeans to _sail
around the world____(sec 4)
44. _Spain_ sponsored Columbus’ trip to find a western route to Asia.
(sec 4)
45. The Spanish conquistadors were mostly out to find _gold and fame__
(sec 5)
46. Bringing back so much gold from the New World led to __inflation
(of prices)_ in Europe. (sec 5)
47. What weapons gave the Spanish the advantage over the Aztecs? Steel
weapons and guns.
48. Terrible diseases more common in Europe and Asia than in the
Americas because the Europeans were around __domesticated__ animals
which carried the diseases. (video)
49. _Scurvy___was a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and was
common on board ships of the era.
50. When the sailors take over a ship because they lost confidence in the
captain it is called a __mutiny________
51. Columbus landed in what is today _____the Bahamas__on his first
journey.