Aztecs, Incas, and Conquistadors

Question 1

What was the Silk Road

Answer 1

A long ancient trading route where Silk wools, gold, and silver were trading a long the road

Question 2

Where was the Silk Road located?

Answer 2

In between Rome and China

Question 3

What religion was brought to China via the Silk Road?

Answer 3

Buddhism

Question 4

Who was one of the most famous traders along the Silk Road

Answer 4

Marco Polo

Question 5

True or false, many people travels the entire length of the Silk Road

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What is a missionary

Answer 6

Priests who went on voyages to help convert indigenous people to Christianity

Question 7

What is the triangular trade

Answer 7

a trade between three ports or regions

Question 8

New World

Answer 8

Americas

Question 9

Old World

Answer 9

Europe, Africa, Asia

Question 10

Where were the Aztecs located?

Answer 10

In what is now Central Mexico, on an Island in the middle of Lake Texcoco

Question 11

What is the Aztec capital called?

Answer 11

Tenochtitlan

Question 12

Every Male Aztec was trained as a _________

Answer 12

solider

Question 13

How did the Aztecs take over land

Answer 13

If the Aztecs wanted to take over land, they would, Ask the city to join the empire as an ally.
The city had 60 days to make a decision
If the answer was no, the Aztec declared war, usually winning with the first battle

Question 14

______ was vital to the Aztecs

Answer 14

Trade

Question 15

The Aztecs built three _______ (raised roads above water or wetland) that lead to the main island which made travelling easier.

Answer 15

causeways

Question 16

There were Aztec social classes

Answer 16

five

Question 17

The top class of the Aztecs was ____________

Answer 17

The emperor and his family

Question 18

The second class of the Aztecs was

Answer 18

government officials, priests, and high-ranking soldiers

Question 19

third Aztec social class

Answer 19

commoners (artisans and merchants)

Question 20

fourth Aztec social class

Answer 20

peasants

Question 21

bottom Aztec social class

Answer 21

slaves

Question 22

The Aztec worshiped many gods

Answer 22

polytheistic

Question 23

The Aztecs thought that ___________ pleased the gods.

Answer 23

human sacrifices

Question 24

Aztecs had to pay ___________ which caused problems leading to the downfall of the Aztec empire because the people who didn’t consider themselves Aztecs didn’t feel that they should have to pay it

Answer 24

tribute

Question 25

conquistador

Answer 25

The Spanish soldiers who wanted fame, fortune and converts

Question 26

___________ advances in technology is what made it possible for European soldiers to travel places they’ve never seen before (a time period)

Answer 26

1300's

Question 27

Sailing ships called _________ the the main travelers, and set sail to Asia

Answer 27

caravels

Question 28

Where was the Incan Empire located

Answer 28

Present-day Peru, Ecuador, and Chile in the Andes Mountains

Question 29

What was the Incan capital called

Answer 29

Cuzco

Question 30

What is quipu

Answer 30

It is colorful knotted chords the Incans used to communicate.

Question 31

There were _______ Incan social classes

Answer 31

three

Question 32

What was the top Incan social class

Answer 32

The emperor and his family

Question 33

What was the second Incan social class

Answer 33

the nobles

Question 34

What was the bottom Incan social class

Answer 34

commoners

Question 35

The Incans were also polytheistic (true or false)

Answer 35

True

Question 36

true or false: the Incans did human sacrifces

Answer 36

false, but they did sacrifices llamas, cloth, and food

Question 37

The Incans believed that the gods controlled _________, and that the ______ god was the most important

Answer 37

1. nature 2. sun

Question 38

Before the Incas would declare war, they would ___________

Answer 38

ask to join forces peacefully, if they refused, then they would declare war

Question 39

If a city surrenders to the Incas, they have to adopt to the Inca lifestyle. This included ______________

Answer 39

religion and lanquage

Question 40

Mita

Answer 40

The incan economic system

Question 41

The Incans built one of the most well-built city called:

Answer 41

Machu Picchu

Question 42

Chistianity

Answer 42

The religion the Spanish conquistador were trying to spread

Question 43

Indigenous

Answer 43

Native, or original to

Question 44

The Colombian Exchange

Answer 44

the widespread transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the old and new world

Question 45

historical perspective

Answer 45

understanding the social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional settings that shaped people's lives and actions in the past

Question 46

Hernan Cortez

Answer 46

A Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec Empire and changed the harsh rules

Question 47

Montezuma 2

Answer 47

Confronted Hernan Cortez, and was one of the last Aztec Emperors

Question 48

Francisco Pizzaro

Answer 48

Conquered the Inca

Question 49

Atahualpa

Answer 49

The last Incan emperor before the Spanish conquest

Question 50

Christopher Columbus

Answer 50

Lead the sail to America

Question 51

Bartalome de Las casas

Answer 51

Fought against the Spanish slave labor. Said all humans are equal

Question 52

colony

Answer 52

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country