Age of Exploration

What killed the MOST Native Americans after the arrival of Europeans in North and South America?

• War
• Disease
• Slavery

A major effect of the Age of Exploration was...

• Most Europeans turned against the idea of slavery
• Native Americans remained enslaved for centuries after the Europeans arrived
• People of African descent lived lives of privilege
• Europeans settled and created colonies in North and South America

This native tribe created a civilization on the west coast of South America.

• Mayas
• Incas
• Aztecs

This Native Tribe created a civilization in modern-day Mexico and were known for their ruthless use of human sacrifice

• Mayas
• Incas
• Aztecs

This Native Tribe created a civilization in modern-day Guatemala and created the 365 day solar calendar.

• Mayas
• Incas
• Aztecs

How should the Native American civilizations be described?

• Not as educated as Mesopotamians or Egyptians
• They did not know how to farm
• Just as  intellectually advanced as ancient Middle Eastern peoples

Why did the African slave trade begin?

• Native Americans carried a prejudice toward people of African descent.
• Africans voluntarily sold themselves into slavery
• Because the European powers conquered all of Africa
• Europeans needed forced labor in the Americas & couldn't enslave Natives

What statement BEST describes the Triangular Trade?

• The way Native tribes traded for food between one another
• How the printing press spread ideas around the Mediterranean World
• The exchange of slaves and other goods between Europe & the Americas
• Exchange of ideas between India and China

The Incas and the Aztecs are similar because...

• They both constantly fought with the Mayas
• They were both barbaric and uneducated
• They were both conquered by Spain's Armies

A conquistador would want to...

• Establish a plantation in the new world maintained by African slaves
• Preach the Protestant doctrines of Martin Luther
• Build large Eastern Orthodox Churches
• Conquer the Americas for the glory of Spain and to get rich