Chapter 16 Test Flashcards
What Spanish policy granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish colonists as a reward?
Encomienda
Name three things that led to the Spanish conquering the Indians.
Horses, guns, diseases
What object that the Olmec created do most people think of?
Stone heads
Where were the Maya located?
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, Mesoamerica, and central America.
What made it possible for the Olmecs and the Mayas to create permanent settlements?
Farming
True or False – Did the Mayan make paper.
True
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
What was Pizarro’s motivation for exploring the Incan Empire?
He wanted to be wealthier
Why did the Aztecs in Tenochtitlán need the technologies listed below?
Because they lived on an island.
The Aztecs built their capital city on what would become present day ______________.
Mexico City
Who was the leader of the Aztecs when the Spanish first arrived in Mexico?
Montezuma
The Mayan and Aztec civilizations advanced the development of ____________.
calendars
The Aztecs and Incas were defeated by “Conquistadors” - A Conquistador is a _____________________.
Spanish conqueror
The Spanish forced labor system in the Americas resulted in ________________________________.
Atrocities against Native Americans
True or False – Columbus 1st to sail to america
False
What was not a motivating factor for Europeans to explore and colonize the Americas?
Enslave Native Americans and send them to Europe
What disease that almost wiped out the entire population of Native Americans in the Americas.
smallpox
What was a result of exploration of the Americas?
Violent conflicts
How did the earliest humans arrive in the Americas over 10,000 years ago?
Across a land bridge across eurasia to America following animals
The first Europeans to make settlements in the Americas were the _________.
Spanish
Why were diseases like smallpox especially deadly among the tribes of the Americas?
Native American didn’t heaven immunity to the disease
Which statement best describes a result of the encounter between Europeans and native populations of the Americas?
Native Americans’ lives were changed forever by colonization.
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he arrived in the Americas?
Asia
Which best defines a civilization?
A community that is considered cities, governments, workers, trade, and religion
