04 - A Golden Age and the Age of Gold Flashcards
“__________ peoples from the north of Asia were attacking China, drawing the emperors’ attention elsewhere”
“Mongol peoples from the north of Asia were attacking China, drawing the emperors’ attention elsewhere”
“Even as traders made their way along the Silk Road, China launched a great fleet of trading ships that took seven voyages across the Indian Ocean, as far as __________ and the coast of __________.”
“Even as traders made their way along the Silk Road, China launched a great fleet of trading ships that took seven voyages across the Indian Ocean, as far as Madagascar and the coast of East Africa.”
“Cortés heard rumors of rich empires yet undiscovered. In 1519 he and about six hundred followers marched toward the seven-thousand-foot-high plateau and the Valley of Mexico. The empire he was seeking, of course, was that of the Mexica, or Aztetcs, whose capital lay on the glittering island-city of __________.”
Tenochtitlán
“The Mexica worshiped a god named __________, whose job, according to sacred teachings, was nothing less than to sustain the life of the sun.”
Huitzilopochtli
“Thousands upon thousands of Indians lived along the route and one of the nations, __________, fought Cortés bitterly. But then __________’s rulers decided to help rather than to oppose the Spanish.”
“Thousands upon thousands of Indians lived along the route and one of the nations, Tlaxcala, fought Cortés bitterly. But then Tlaxcala’s rulers decided to help rather than to oppose the Spanish.”
Which of the following did the Mexica do to their other peoples for their god?
- They forced the peoples they conquered to send three or four thousand people a year.
- They sacrificed them atop sacred pyramids.
- Priests cut open prisoners’ chests in order to offer beating hearts and save the sun.
“__________ dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429.”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the __________ coast in 1429”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in __________”
“Admiral Zheng He dropped anchor along the California coast in 1429”
Who was the minor officer who arrested Balboa before going on to conquer another civilization in South America, the Inca empire?
“And the minor officer who arrested Balboa—Francisco Pizarro—went on to conquer another civilization in South America, the Inca empire.”
Who was the emperor of the Mexica during the visit of the conquistadors?
“The emperor of the Mexica then was Moctezuma.”
Which conquistador marched with about six hundred followers toward the seven-thousand-foot-high plateau and the Valley of Mexico?
“In 1519, Hernán Cortés and about six hundred followers marched toward the seven-thousand-foot-high plateau and the Valley of Mexico.”
Which conquistador got himself loaded onto a ship in a barrel with his stout dog named Leoncico?
“Vasco Núñez de Balboa got himself loaded onto a ship in a barrel, he also smuggled aboard his most valuable possession, a stout dog with reddish fur and a black nose named Leoncico.”
Which of the following did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella have arrested and sent home in chains?
“King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had Columbus arrested and sent home in chains.”
Which of the following people told the explorers about a kingdom along the coast of “the other sea” where people drank from goblets of solid gold?
“Panquiaco angrily knocked over the scales and said, “If you are so hungry for gold that you leave your lands to cause strife in those of others, I will show you a province where you can quell this hunger.” There was a kingdom along the coast of “the other sea,” he reported, where people drank from goblets of solid gold.”
