Americas and exploration

Question 1

indigenous

Answer 1

indigenous peoples are the people who inhabited the Americas before the arrival of colonists

Question 2

Maya

Answer 2

Maya, Mesoamerican Indians occupying a nearly continuous territory in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Belize. The Ancient Mayans developed the science of astronomy, calendar systems, and hieroglyphic writing.

Question 3

Aztec

Answer 3

The Aztecs were the Native American people who dominated northern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. The Aztecs were famous for their agriculture, land, art, and architecture. They developed writing skills, a calendar system and also built temples and places of worship. They were also known for being fierce and unforgiving. they were also known for their floating garden.

Question 4

Inca

Answer 4

ancient civilization in the Andes mountains in what is present day Peru. they are known for building the city of macchu pichu

Question 5

the Columbian exchange

Answer 5

transfer of crops, animals, precious metals, and disease.

Question 6

Encomienda

Answer 6

Spanish legal system (Spanish feudalism)

Question 7

missions system

Answer 7

attempts on conversion of native people to Christianity

Question 8

conquistador

Answer 8

Spanish conqueror of Mexico and Peru

Question 9

Hernan Cortez

Answer 9

conqueror of the Aztec empire

Question 10

Francisco Pizzaro

Answer 10

conqueror of the Inca empire

Question 11

Bartolome de la Casa

Answer 11

revealed the atrocities of the conquests of New Spain and Peru and who strove to protect the basic rights of indigenous peoples in the Spanish Empire and started the African slave trade