Topic 1.1 Contezualizing Period 1

Question 1

Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas grew

Answer 1

Maize (corn)

Question 2

The Native Americans settled in the Southwest through

Answer 2

Irrigation and Agriculture

Question 3

Nomadic Tribes were in the

Answer 3

Grassy Great Plains

Question 4

Native Americans settled societies in the Northeast through

Answer 4

Mixed agriculture and hunting

Question 5

Europeans’ 3 Primary Goals to conquer the “New World”

Answer 5

•Wealth
•Military Competition
•Christianity

Question 6

Colombian Exchange

Answer 6

The exchange of plants, animals, disease, knowledge about food and technology, and Culture between the “Old” and “New” World

Question 7

Encomienda System

Answer 7

Conquistadors were given American Indians slaves for plantation agriculture of SUGAR and other cash crops

Question 8

Why did the Spanish and other European nations want West African slaves?

Answer 8

Because of Disease

Question 9

How did the Native populations develop distinct and complex societies?

Answer 9

By adapting and transforming their environments

Question 10

What people was the Colombian Exchange between ?

Answer 10

Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans