U5 L7 Spain (PART 2)

Question 1

Spain believed that great wealth could be obtained by doing what?

Answer 1

conquering and exploiting people of the New World

Question 2

Where was Christopher Columbus from?

Answer 2

Genoa, Italy

Question 3

When did Columbus and his crew arrive at Watling Island in the Caribbean Sea?

Answer 3

1492

Question 4

Until the day he died, what did Columbus believe he found?

Answer 4

East Indies

Question 5

What was Ferdinand Magellan’s motive to travel?

Answer 5

wanting to circumnavigate the world

Question 6

Who funded Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition?

Answer 6

Spain

Question 7

How many ships and men did Ferdinand Magellan have at the beginning of his trip?

Answer 7

5 ships and 243 men

Question 8

How many days did Ferdinand Magellan expect his voyage to Spice Islands was going to take? What was the reality?

Answer 8

thought- 2-3 days

reality- 80 days

Question 9

What did the men on Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage survive on when food ran out?

Answer 9

• leather
• sawdust
• rats

Question 10

What did the many sailors on Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage become succumbed with?

Answer 10

scurvy

Question 11

What was the reception Ferdinand and his crew got when they arrived in the Philippines?

Answer 11

some crewmen killed because of getting involved with a war with the tribes

Question 12

By the end of Ferdinand Magellan’s 3 year and 12 day voyage, how many men survived?

Answer 12

18

Question 13

What is Ferdinand Magellan referred to despite dying without completing the journey?

Answer 13

first man to circumnavigate the globe

Question 14

Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage proved what?

Answer 14

• earth is round

- Americas was a New World

Question 15

What were the two of the most prominent and powerful tribes that Columbus named ‘Indians’?

Answer 15

• Aztecs

- Incas

Question 16

What were the 4 characteristics of Aztec culture?

Answer 16

• religion
• agriculture
• cities
• widespread trade

Question 17

What were the most important Aztec gods?

Answer 17

Tlaloc- rain
Huitzillipochtli- war
Quetzalcoatl- blond god of peace

Question 18

What did the Aztecs sacrifice to their gods?

Answer 18

humans and hearts

Question 19

What was the irrigation system of the Aztecs?

Answer 19

• mud piled on lakes to form fertile islands

- corn, beans, avocados

Question 20

What was Tenochtitlan?

Answer 20

present day Mexico city

Question 21

Who were the only people who lived in Aztec cities?

Answer 21

priests and secular rulers

Question 22

How did Aztec farmers arrange their crops around cities?

Answer 22

• most perishable close to the city, easy transportation

- least perishable far

Question 23

How many ships and men did Hernando Cortes set sail with?

Answer 23

11 ships and 653 men

Question 24

What placed did the Aztecs rule?

Answer 24

• Mexico
• parts of Central America
• Southern Western US

Question 25

When Cortes arrived at Veracruz, what did the Aztec king do?

Answer 25

surrendered peacefully

Question 26

What did the Aztecs think Cortes to be?

Answer 26

- returning Quetzacoatl - Aztec legend, god came first as a white bearded mortal to dissuade human sacrifice - left on magic raft and would return in One Reed year

Question 27

Who was Montezuma?

Answer 27

- The Fretted One | - last of ruling family Aztec

Question 28

Who was Cuauhtemoc?

Answer 28

- Falling Eagle | - Aztecs chose him over Montezuma

Question 29

How did the One Reed Years occur?

Answer 29

irregularly

Question 30

Where was the Incan center of government situated in?

Answer 30

Peru section of Andes Mountains

Question 31

How were Incan people classed?

Answer 31

age and ability

Question 32

Who was the head of Incan government?

Answer 32

emperor

Question 33

Who was Atahualpa?

Answer 33

Incan Emperor

Question 34

What was the Machu Picchu?

Answer 34

- mountain fortress | - group that held out for years when Pizarro executed the Incan emperor

Question 35

Why was Francisco Pizarro's conquest not easy as it seemed?

Answer 35

- high mountains, breathing difficult - mosquitos - men had fever, starvation and insect bites - little funding from Spain

Question 36

What did Pizarro come to regret?

Answer 36

iconoclasm of Incan culture

Question 37

What is iconoclasm?

Answer 37

- attacking beliefs or traditional institutions | - whether based on error or superstition