Chap 20 quiz đź“ť Flashcards
Who found the “main land” of the Americas?
Amerigo Vespucci
What modern day country was also the homeland of the Incas?
Peru
Who was the conquistador who defeated the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Who was the last native ruler of the Aztecs?
Montezuma II
Who was the last native ruler of the incas?
Atahualpa
What modern day country was also the homelands of the Aztecs?
Mexico
Which of the following was not an early explorer of the Americas? Juan ponce de LĂ©on. Bartolome de las casas. Amerigo Vespucci. Francisco Coronado
Bartolome de las casas-monk
Which of the following factors lead to the most deaths of natives in the americas during their interactions with early European colonists, explorers, and settlers? Warfare by European nations. Massacres by European colonists. Diseases such as smallpox. Starvations by lack of food in the americas
Disease such as small pox
How many ships were used in Columbus’s first voyage? What did he sought to do?
3 ships. Sought alternative trade route to Asia. Sought gold and other riches
What was Columbus on the second voyage? How many ships did he take? What did he sought to do?
Empire builder. Sought to establish an empire for Spain. 17 ships
What is colonization?
Lands that are controlled by another
Amerigo Vespucci?
America named after him thanks to a German map maker. Sailed down the coast of South America
Ferdinand Magellan?
Les first expedition to circumnavigate the world.
When did a Spanish conquistador conquer the Aztec empire?
1521
When did a Spanish conquistador conquer the Incan empire?
1533
How did the last ruler of the Incan empire die?
Was told that If he filled a whole room with gold and silver he would get his empire back. He achieved that but still got strangled
What was the encomienda?
Spanish work system. Natives mined, farmed (slaves basically)
What was the reconquista?
Spanish culture on the natives. Intermarriage. Mixed babies (Spanish and native)
Who was Juan ponce de Leon and what did he do?
Appointed governor of Puerto Rico and Explored Florida for the fountain of youth
Who was he and what did he do? : Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Explored North American southwest states in search for a city of gold. Discovered the Grand Canyon
Who were the peninsulares?
Born in Spain or Portugal
Who were the Kreils?
Born in America
Who was Mestizo?
Both white and native
Who were natives?
The natives from America
Who was bartolome Dias?
A monk that criticized the actions of Spain towards the natives
Who was Popé?
Native leader who led an organized resistance against Spain
What was human cost
Spanish killed natives in the worst ways possible. And disease that was even more deadly helped kill
What trading city in India was ruled by the French until 1954?
Pondicherry
