Age of Exploration & the Americas

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What 3 elements inspired the Age of Exploration?

• God

• Spices

• Glory

• Gold

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Prince Henry's sponsored voyages led to ---

• Portugal reaching India

• Portugal creating trade posts along the west coast of Africa

• Portugal creating the first colonies in America

• Portugal joining with Spain in their quest for gold

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What was Vasco da Gama most known for

• First European to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa

• First to circumnavigate the globe

• First to visit the South Pole

• Discovering America

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Why is Christopher Columbus such an important historical figure?

• he proved that the earth was round

• his discovery led to the colonization of the Americas

• he opened up a new trade route th Asia

• he was a great mapmaker

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Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain in 1492 in search of what?

• An ocean route to Asia

• The Silk Road

• The New World

• The Canary Islands

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Magellan is credited with ________________ the globe.

• Flying
• Painting
• Mapping
• Circumnavigating

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John Cabot's journeys led ___________ to create colonies in __________.

• France: Canada

• England: Canada

• England: West Africa

• England: South America

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All of the following are an impact of Exploration on Africa EXCEPT

• Let to the Triangular Trade Route

• African kingdoms grew wealthy off of trade with Europe

• European countries will exploit African resources

• Africa will eventually be "carved up" by European countries

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European exploration of the Americas had a ​

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impact on them due to the spread of ​

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throughout.

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What is the significance of the Bering Land Bridge in early human migration?

• It served as a barrier that prevented early humans from migrating between Asia and North America.

• It was a natural barrier that protected early humans from predators during migration.

• It was a temporary land bridge that disappeared before early humans could migrate between Asia and North America.

• It connected Asia and North America, enabling humans to migrate between the two continents.

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The Olmecs are called the

• Mother Civilization

• Father Civilization

• Sister Civilization

• Silly Civilization

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The ______Peninsula was home to most of the Mayan cities

• Baja

• Yucatan

• Florida

• Apeninne

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Maya could be found in all of the following countries EXCEPT

• Panama

• Mexico

• Guatemala

• Belize

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The Maya located their cities in the ​

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resulting in their adoption of the agricultural practice of​

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Choose the aspects that describe the Maya religion.

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• Bloodletting and Human Sacrifice

• Built large, pyramid shaped temples

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Which of the following are characteristics of Maya religion?

• Polytheistic

• Created Step Pyramids

• Priests preoccupied with Time

• Monotheistic

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The Maya creating a writing system that is very similar to that of the

• Chinese

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Phoenicians

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Where was the Aztec civilization located?

• Central Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, mostly Peru

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Building chinampas allowed the Aztec to

• farm in swamp land

• defeat the other city-states

• carve skulls into stone wall

• create intricate green masks

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Who led the Spanish in the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernado de Sotoot

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Who was the leader whose mistakes allowed for Cortes' easy conquest of the Aztecs?

• Moctezuma II
• Cuitláhuac
• Pizarro
• Atahualpa

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The Inca civilization developed...

• In the jungles of the Amazon Rainforest

• In the Alps Mountains of South America

• Along a narrow desert bordering the Pacific Ocean

• In the Andes Mountains of South America

• In the Rocky Mountains of South America

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How did the geography of the Andes affect the Incas?

• The Incas had to rely almost totally on fishing for their food supply

• The steep hills and mountains forced the Incas to build terraces to farm

• It was so cold that the Incas could not grow crops

• The large mountain forests provided most of their needs

• All of the above

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The Incas used "QUIPUS" to:

• Keep track of time and quantities of goods

• Keep track of their history

• Keep themselves busy when there was nothing to do

• Practice tying knots

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The Inca, Roman, & Persian empires all created _______ ________ to connect their empires.

• road systems
• air routes
• rail networks
• waterways

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Who was Francisco Pizarro?

• Just another Incan emperor.

• The founder of the Inca civilization.

• A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca empire.

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Options (16)

Rainforests of Central America

Arid valley of Central Mexico

Andes Mountains in South America

Cities of Chichen Itza and Tikal

Tenochititlan

Cuzco and Macchu Pichu

Slash and Burn Farming

Chinampas Farming

Terrace Farming

Polytheistic

Human Sacrifice

Built Pyramids

Ended by Spanish

Kept records using glyphs

Kept records using Codex

Kept records usng Quipus

Match all of the following characteristics to the correct American civilization

Maya

Aztec

Inca

More than one Civilization