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Spanish
Potpourri
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?
In 1325, Aztecs
built this capital
city upon a marshy
lake, now known as
Mexico City
What is Tenochtitlan?
(teh nawch tee tlahn)
Building pyramids was
the accomplishment of
both the Aztec and
another Native
American Civilization
What was the
Mayan
Civilization?
Allies of Spanish in
Cortez’s defeat of the
Aztec
Who were
Moctezuema’s enemies
among the Native
American tribes?
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 .
Which two lines of latitude is Easton located in between
What are 40 and
41 degrees north?
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?
Harrisburg located between these two lines of longitude
What are 76 and
77 degrees west?
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?
Based on the timeline below answer the
following: which event occurred first –
Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire or the
time of King William’s War
What was Pizarro
conquering the
Incan Empire?
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?
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?
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
The Aztec Empire
fell in 1521 to this
Spanish conqueror
Who was Cortez?
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?
The Western Hemisphere
sent chocolate, potatoes
and maize to Europe. In
return, the Spanish
brought this animal to the
Western Hemisphere
What are horses?
Of Aztec, Mayan
and Incan, which
civilization was not
defeated by the
Spanish
What the Mayan
Civilization?
Some scientists
think that Native
Americans
migrated from this
continent
What is Asia?
Asia
North
America
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.
Give 2 differences
between Spanish
and French
treatment of Native
American
What are:
A. The French needed the
natives for survival.
B. The Spanish were cruel
and betrayed their trust and
enslaved those not killed.
Three reasons that
Jamestown was
considered a
successful colony
What are Jamestown:
-had its own government
-had the support of England
-was the first settlement to survive
beyond settlement and continue as a
colony ? (For instance, Roanoke was earlier but
did not have any survivors when supply ships returned
from England.)
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?