Mesoamerica

The Mayan-

• Built stepped terraces help the Incas create farmland, and the clever construction of each terrace gave crops the best chance of survival.

• believed their sacrifice was necessary to keep the universe on motion.

• built huge cities in the jungle with large palaces, temples, and pyramids.

• practiced basic agriculture using the "slash-and-burn" technique

What was one important effect of the Columbian exchange?

• rapid decline in European population

• economic instability in China and Japan

• spread of Hinduism into India

• introduction of new foods to both Europe and the Americas

One reason Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztecs was that-

• Aztec religious beliefs promoted nonviolence

• Spain joined the Incas in their fight against the Aztecs

• The Spanish Calvary outnumbered the Aztec warriors

• Spanish military possessed superior military technology and diseases

What was a direct result of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?

• European Industrial factories were established throughout Africa

• Many West African communities faced population losses

• Animism was no longer practiced in Africa

• Africans across the continent hired Europeans to train their military

Which is true about the pre-columbian Inca civilization?

• cooperation and planning in agriculture

• the religious influence on architecture

• the use of superior military technology for defense

• the role of government during a natural disaster

The movement of people, plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between Americas and Europe.

• The triangular trade

• Trans-Atlantic Slave trade.

• The Columbian Exchange

• The new world system

The Indian population was devastated by the illnesses brought by the Europeans. The Old World diseases, particularly ----

• malaria, bacteria &herpes

• smallpox, Syphilis & swine flu

• smallpox, chicken pox, & Syphilis

• diabetes, chicken pox & severe vomiting

There was an abundance of new plants discovered in the Americas (including beans, squash, chili peppers, sunflowers, chenopods, peanuts, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, manioc, avocado, pineapple, and cacao),but the most important were ---

• potato and maize

• corn

• wheat and maize

• corn and maize

Where were most of the slaves taken during the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade?

• Southern plantations

• the Asia minor

• The Americas

• Sugar plantations of Brazil and the Caribbean

Why did Europeans want to explore?

• increased power

• A desire for new sources of wealth

• European Christians, especially Catholics, wanted to

  convert non-Christians to the faith

• All of the above