Chapter 8 study guide

Question 1

Which two countries divided the world through a line of demarcation?

Answer 1

Spain and Portugal

Question 2

what highly advanced Indian civilization flourished in the Yucatan Peninsula?

Answer 2

Mayas

Question 3

What Indian group founded the walled city of Tenochtitlan?

Answer 3

Aztecs

Question 4

What was the Spanish Conquistadors main advantages?

Answer 4

horses and firearms

Question 5

First great French explorer in the new world was who?

Answer 5

Henry Hudson

Question 6

First permanent English Colony in America was?

Answer 6

Jamestown

Question 7

What fast vessel of the 15th century aided travels?

Answer 7

caravel

Question 8

What term describes a ocean voyage?

Answer 8

circumnavigate

Question 9

What are Spanish conquers called?

Answer 9

conquistadors

Question 10

who journeys for 4 years to get to china?

Answer 10

Marco Polo

Question 11

What Indian group was known for their Peaceful Nature?

Answer 11

Hopi

Question 12

what group lived in large dome structures?

Answer 12

Adena Indians

Question 13

What group had matriarchal society?

Answer 13

Eastern Woodlands Indians

Question 14

Wide groups of dispersed Indians?

Answer 14

Hopewell

Question 15

Who built villages out of sun dried brick?

Answer 15

Pueblo

Question 16

Who defeated the Incas in Peru?

Answer 16

Pizzaro

Question 17

Spanish explorer who explored the southwest region of America?

Answer 17

Cornoado

Question 18

Who was the nonexistent Christian king in Africa?

Answer 18

Prester John

Question 19

Famous landmark in southern ohio?

Answer 19

Great Serpent Mound

Question 20

Collections of knotted strings used for accounting and recording data?

Answer 20

Quipu

Question 21

T/F European explorers were successful in finding the nonexistent king?

Answer 21

False

Question 22

4 Things Christian can’t do?

Answer 22

1. consume blood
2. consume strangled animals
3. food offered to idols
4. sexual immorality

Question 23

T/F Aztecs were unable to farm land?

Answer 23

False

Question 24

The Postclassic period was a time of prominent city states?

Answer 24

False

Question 25

T/F Indians of the West Coast are remembered for their totem poles?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What Indian civilization settled in Cuzco?

Answer 26

Incas

Question 27

Name of people that inhabited Mesoamerica prior to the arrival of the Aztecs?

Answer 27

Olmecs and Zapotecs

Question 28

What are the group of languages that are believed to have a single ancestral language?

Answer 28

Language Family

Question 29

Shared common customs?

Answer 29

Tribes

Question 30

Which groups were in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 30

Tlacopan and City states of Texcoco

Question 31

Tree that is believed to hold up the sky?

Answer 31

Cebia Tree

Question 32

T/F Did native Americans have slavery before Americans?

Answer 32

True

Question 33

3 reasons the mesoamericans settled?

Answer 33

freedom, gold,and religion

Question 34

who brought the African slaves?

Answer 34

Catholics

Question 35

Mayns created a long count what?

Answer 35

Calendar