global issues

Question 1

The Aztec capital city was exceptional because

Answer 1

it increased needed farmable land through the creation of Chinampas, was home to roughly 60,000 people, and demonstrated the complexity of Aztec technology and government organization

Question 2

Which physical feature is in the northern part of Africa and limited the size of settlements in the region due to lack of water?

Answer 2

Sahara desert

Question 3

What advantages did the Spanish have over the Aztecs?

Answer 3

Weapons technology (guns and steel), horses, biological advantage of immunity to diseases like smallpox, influenza and malaria that indigenous groups were not immune to

Question 4

What was the Reconquista?

Answer 4

Reconquering the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors over the course of approximately 300 years

Question 5

Who were the Moors?

Answer 5

Muslims from Northern Africa who expanded into the Iberian Peninsula in order due to agricultural opportunities.