UNIT 1 Flashcards
what is silk road
The silk road is a land route through Asia and Europe to collect spices
what is Colombian exchange
The Columbian Exchange is a diseases and trading route to collect flowers food and possibly diseases
The age of Exploration was
Its was to expand their religion claim land and find new things
Between 1400-1600
Hernan Cortes
-He was a Spanish conquistador
-He also was the person who
overthrew the Aztec empire
and won Mexico for the crown
of Spain
-He sailed to the new world when he was 19
bartolome de las Casas
-He was one of the people to in-slave the west indies.
-3 years later he realized his mistake by enslaving the indies.
Moctezuma ll
-He was the ninth Aztec empire.
-He was the last empire for the Aztecs.
Where can we see the impact of exploration in our world today
We can see it by,Exploring places that you haven’t seen with your eyes before.
risk VS Rewards for explorers.
-Risk
Risk for explorers can be taking a risk by taking a dangerous shortcut or by getting somewhere faster though a sketchy area.
-You could have gotten a disease when sailing
-Rewards.
A reward for an explorer is finding new land,finding something new or expanding their empire
Reasons That the Conquistadors were able to conquer easily.
-The Conquistadors were easily able to defeat them because. Their technology was much better than Theirs.
-They also were sick
During the time period of the Europeanization of the Americas
Recognize and identify the historical perspective among the group studied.
The identify that when Christopher Columbus came to america he thought he had laneed in India but he didn’t.
Cause and effects of the Europeanization of the america
The cause of them finding america was Christopher Columbus thought that Asia and Europe were all over the world and accidentally landing in america.
Affect
There was slavery also the indigenous were almost all gone due to Slavery and disease
Achievements/contributions
to society of the Aztec/Inca/Conquistadors
Conquistadors-
They had defeated the Incas and Aztecs
Incas-
They had an economy that the taxes were paid by labor. They also had a data group that collected money,debt and labor.
Aztec-
They had made the calendar.
controversies surrounding the Aztecs/Incas and Conquistadors
Conquistadors-
There Diseases
Incas- The conquistadors because they were defeated by conquistadors.
Aztec-They were also defeated by the conquistadors
Historical perspective
-Historical perspective is when understanding the social, cultural, intelligence, and emotional.
A caravel
-A ship used by the conquistadors that was fast
