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The city of Tenochtitlan
was the center of this
ancient civilization
What was the
Aztec
Civilization?
Aztecs built a great
civilization in this
area of Middle
America
What is the Valley
of Mexico?
They formed alliances
with the Spanish and
helped Cortez defeat of
the Aztec
Who were
Moctezuema’s enemies
among the Native
American tribes?
In 1325, Aztecs
built this capital
city upon a marshy
lake, now known as
Mexico City
What is Tenochtitlan?
(teh nawch tee tlahn)
The Aztec Empire
fell in 1521 to this
Spanish conqueror
Who was Cortez?
Building pyramids,
hieroglyphics and using
calendars were
accomplishment of both the
Aztec and another Native
American Civilization
What was the
Mayan
Civilization?
True/False
The Incan Civilization
was known for
Hieroglyphics, pyramids
and floating gardens
What is false?
Incan civilization was famous for
their roads and aqueducts, which
allowed them to bring water to
villages hundreds of miles away .
The Incan
civilization is
located on which
coast of South
America
What is the
west coast?
The Inca were not like the
Aztec and Maya who had
a written language,
hieroglyphics. Instead they
kept records using a
knotted string more
commonly known as this
What is a quipu?
Based on the timeline below answer the
following: which event occurred first –
Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire or
Columbus discovering America?
What was Pizarro
conquering the
Incan Empire?
The first permanent
English settlement is
this town in Virginia
What is
Jamestown,
Virginia?
Unlike the Spanish,
French settlers treated
Native Americans fairly
and were interested in
this type of trade in
North America
What was
fur trade?
There were many reasons that
English settlers came to
America. For some it was to
escape political problems and
poverty; for others, religious
freedom. In short, this was the
reason to leave for America
What was to start a
new life – a better
life than they had in
England?
True/False
The French were cruel
to the Native Americans
as they conquered them
and forced them into
slavery
What is false?
The Spanish were the conquistadors who
treated the Natives cruel and inhumane.
Give 2 differences
between Spanish
and French
treatment of Native
American
What are:
A. The Spanish were cruel and
betrayed their trust, conquered and
enslaved those not killed.
B. The French worked with Natives
to improve their fur trade
True/False
The arrival of the
Spanish improved the
quality of life for Native
Americans
What is false?
Native Americans died
from hunger, the
hardships of slavery and
disease
When Cortes defeated the
Aztecs, he did not have
as many soldiers as the
Aztecs had, but he did
have other factors on his
side
What were diseases,
horses, superior
weapons and other
Native American tribes?
Of Aztec, Mayan
and Incan, which
civilization was not
defeated by the
Spanish
What was the
Mayan
Civilization?
Their civilization had disbanded nearly 500
years before the Spanish arrived in the New
World
Give 2 similarities
between Spanish
and French
treatment of Native
American
What are:
A. They both needed Native Americans to
survive.
B. They both came to get land and
resources (timber, furs gold and other
minerals) .
C. They both came to convert natives to
Christianity.
The Western Hemisphere
sent chocolate, potatoes
and maize to Europe. In
return, the Spanish
brought this animal to the
Western Hemisphere
What are horses?
Along with other livestock like
cattle, sheep and pigs.
A. Harrisburg is located between
these two lines of longitude
B. Double it by doing the
same for its lines of
latitude.
What are 76 and
77 degrees west?
Some scientists think
that Native
Americans migrated
from this continent
What is Asia?
Asia
North
America
Based on the timeline below determine the
following: number of years after
Columbus’s arrival in the New World was
the first successful English settlement.
What are 115
years?
Which two lines of latitude is Easton located in between
What are 40 and
41 degrees north?
Reason Native
Americans were
able to migrate
from Asia to the
Americas
What was they migrated
across a land bridge
during the last great Ice
Age, about 15,000 years
ago?