Mesoamerica

Question 1

Mayans Decline

Answer 1

Disrupted trade and produced economic hardship.
Population growth and over farming damaged the environment
Food shortages.

Question 2

Aztec Empire

Answer 2

Valley of Mexico; A mountain basin 7,00 feet above sea level. Several large, shallow lakes at its center have accessable resources and fertile soil.

Question 3

Problems in the Aztec empire

Answer 3

The Aztec had no immunity to European diseases. Smallpox spread among the indigenous people and crippled their ability to resist the Spanish. The disease devastated the Aztec people, greatly reducing their population and killing an estimated half of Tenochtitlán’s inhabitants.

Question 4

Inca Empire

Answer 4

Roads link the empire; 14,000 mile long network of roads and bridges spanned the empire. Traversed rugged mountains and harsh deserts.

Question 5

Inca Empire

Answer 5

Writing system; They had no writing system. They kept records using quipui. A complicated of colored strings tied with different sized knots.

Question 6

Inca Empire

Answer 6

Religious supports in the state; Incan ruler, decendant of the sun god

Question 7

Renaissance

Answer 7

What is renaissance?

A rebirth of art and learning that began in northern Italy around 1300 and later spread north

Question 8

Renaissance

Answer 8

What is christian humanism: Renaissance ideas influence the writers and philosophers of northern Europe, who adopted the idea of humanism to more religious views of life

Question 9

Renaissance

Answer 9

The prince; A political guidebook. Examines the imperfect conduct of human beings.

Question 10

Renaissance

Answer 10

Luthers three main ideas;
People could win salvation only by faith in gods gift of forgiveness
All church teachings should be clearly based on the words of the bible
All people with faith were equal

Question 11

Africa

Answer 11

Land of geographic contrasts; Second largest continet
4,600 miles
11.7 million square mile

Question 12

Africa

Answer 12

Africa's geographic diversity;
Deserts
Savanna
Rainforests
Sahel

Question 13

Africa

Answer 13

Gold trade:
Came from a forest region south of the savanna between the Niger and senegal rivers
Dug from shafts as deep as 100 feet
Sifted it from fast moving streams

Question 14

Africa

Answer 14

Salt trade;
West africa savanna and forests lacked salt
Salt was essential for life
Arab and Berber traders crossed the desert with camels

Question 15

Ming Dynasty

Answer 15

The dominant power in Asia. Vassal statues from Korea to south east Asia paid regular tribute. The ming distrusted foreigners after years of Mongol rule

Question 16

Ming Dynasty

Answer 16

Emperor Hongwu:
First ming emperor to drive out the mongols capital located in Nanjing in the south
Encouraged a return to confucian values
Reformed agriculture increasing rice production