APWH Mesoamerica and the Age of Exploration

The Aztec and Inca were similar in their

• worship of a sun deity

• constructions of settlements in the Andes Mountains

• ability to defeat European invaders

• use of Cuzco as a trading center

• translation of scriptures into English

Terrace farming was a productive method of agricultural harvest. It was achieved by

• leveling land on mountains

• burning a forest and using the ashes for fertilizer

• rotating crops across three fields

• leaving land unfarmed for one year

• creating tunnels through mountains

Encomienda was

• an exchange of goods

• a technique for sailing a great distance

• the middle passage of the Triangular Trade

• a system of forced labor

• a political club in Spain

Conquistadors were those Spaniards who

• brought European crops and goods to the New World

• used their technologically advanced weapons to take over New World Empires

• refused to use caravel ships for exploration

• mined gold in Asia

• sought to take wealth from Philip II

Which of the following was true of the Columbian Exchange?

• The Pope ended all exchanges of plants and animals after the Treaty of Tordesillas

• The turkey was brought from Europe to the New World

• Horses were introduced to Europe in the sixteenth century

• Diseases were brought from Europe to the Americas

• Maize found its way to the Americas