Mesoamerica Age of Exploration Flashcard

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The map shows the territory of an ancient civilization in the Andean region of South America where the modern countries of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina are located.

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Inca

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What role did war prisoners take in Aztec society?

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War prisoners were sacrificed to the sun god.

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Which Aztec ruler is credited with uniting Tlacopan and Texcoco with Tenochtitlan to form the Triple Alliance in order to increase Aztec military power?

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Itzcoatl

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What is an example of the changes caused by the Columbian Exchange?

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American foods like corn and potatoes were introduced to European diets.

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What is an example of a belief system that was spread to the Americas as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

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Christianity

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The map shows the maritime trade network between Europe, Africa, and the Americas known as triangular trade.

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Middle Passage

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Which of the following was not an effect of the forced removal of African people on African societies? Options: a shift towards trade with Asia instead of the Europeans and the Americas, rise of new states that battled for control of the slave trade, increased tensions among neighboring peoples, increased trade with Europeans for firearms

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a shift towards trade with Asia instead of the Europeans and the Americas

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Originally, African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for the

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sugarcane plantations.

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One of the factors that contributed to the downfall of both the Inca and the Aztec empire

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lack of a natural immunity to diseases that the Spanish brought

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What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

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Compass