Test June2014 Flashcards
What is the name of the lake where the Aztecs built their capital city Tenochtitlan?
Texcoco
Did the Aztecs live in Central or South America?
Central America
What did the Aztecs see that made them choose the site of Tenochtitlan?
They saw an eagle on a cactus. Believed to be a sign from the gods.
The main god of the Aztecs was Huitzilopochtli, the god of what?
He was the god of war and the sun.
Who was the conquistador who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
In which year did he launch an expedition to Mexico?
1591
Who was Moctezuma II?
He was the Aztec ruler. The king or ruler of the Aztecs.
In which year were the Spanish forced to flee Tenochtitlan?
1520
What helped the Spanish the most to defeat the Aztecs?
Disease and sickness
Smallpox
In which year did the Spanish return to Tenochtitlan and defeat the Aztecs?
1521
The Inca are also known as what?
‘The children of the sun’
Did the Inca live in Central or South America?
South America.
Who was the conquistador who conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
How many voyages did Pizarro make to South America?
3
In which years did Pizarro’s voyages occur?
1524
1526
1530
Which was larger, the Aztec Empire or the Inca Empire?
The inca empire was larger
What was the name of the capital city of the Inca?
Cuzco
What was the main reason that the inca empire differed to the other mesoamerican civilisations?
The inca live high in the mountains, high altitude, Andes mountains
What was the society of the inca based on?
Based on farming & trade within the empire and every citizen having a job and doing it
Define explorer
A person who explores a new or unfamiliar area
Define conquistador
A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
Define conquer
Overcome and take control of a place or people, by military force
Define colonise
Send settlers to a place and establish political control over it
Define ritual sacrifice
The offering of foods, objects or the lives of animals to a higher purpose in particular divine beings. Ritual killing. The term offering can be used for bloodless sacrifices of cereal food or artefacts.
What is a primary source
A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.
What San secondary source
Any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed.
Define corroborate
Confirm or give support to a statement, theory or finding
Define contradict
Deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite
What are the six questions you ask yourself when you look at a source?
- Who
- What
- When
- Where
- Why
- How
What was the main reason that the inca empire differed to the other mesoamerican civilisations?
The inca live high in the mountains, high altitude, Andes mountains
What was the society of the inca based on?
Based on farming & trade within the empire and every citizen having a job and doing it
Define explorer
A person who explores a new or unfamiliar area
Define conquistador
A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
Define conquer
Overcome and take control of a place or people, by military force
Define colonise
Send settlers to a place and establish political control over it
Define ritual sacrifice
The offering of foods, objects or the lives of animals to a higher purpose in particular divine beings. Ritual killing. The term offering can be used for bloodless sacrifices of cereal food or artefacts.
What is a primary source
A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.
What San secondary source
Any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed.
Define corroborate
Confirm or give support to a statement, theory or finding
Define contradict
Deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite
What are the six questions you ask yourself when you look at a source?
- Who
- What
- When
- Where
- Why
- How
