Unit 6: An Expanding World review

All of the following are major reasons for European exploration and expansion from 1450 to 1750 EXCEPT _______________ .

• the need to find better land and sea trade routes to Asia

• need for raw materials and markets for finished products

• desire to spread democracy and capitalism throughout the world

• advanced technology in navigation and naval shipbuilding

Incas are to terracing as to Aztecs are to

• pyramids

• quipu

• chinampas

• calendars

How did European colonization of the Aztecs differ from the Incas?

• Incas resisted because they were more culturally advanced

• Aztecs were treated more harshly than the Incas were.

• Aztec noblemen were more respected by the Spaniards

• Aztecs were not decimated by the smallpox as the Incas were.

How were trade conditions a cause of the Age of Discovery during the fourteenth century?

• To bypass Italian merchants, European traders sought a direct path to Asia.

• To benefit Italian merchants, European traders sought a new economy with Turkey

• To boycott Italian merchants, European traders bought different goods from the Americas.

• To burden the Italian merchants, European traders sought export agreements with China.

The Aztec city of Tenochtitlán was characterized by all of the following except-

• pyramids

• centralized planning

• systematic waterways

• amphitheaters

The greatest architectural achievements of the Incas were its

• stadiums and arenas

• temples and tombs

• roads and bridges

• aqueducts and canals

The Aztec civilization was situated in

• The Andes Mountains

• the Yucatan Peninsula

• Central Mexico

• in the Yukon River Valley

Pyramids, Hieroglyphs, Complex Religion

All the above are shared by which two ancient civilizations?

• Sumerian and Roman

• Egyptian and Mayan

• Mayan and Roman

• Egyptian and Greek

Which of the following statements correctly contrasts the Mayan and the Incan civilizations?

• The Maya lived in cities and the Inca did not.

• The Maya had religion and the Inca did not

• The Maya lived in South America and the Inca did not.

• The Maya had a written language and the Inca did not.

How did the Columbian Exchange negatively impact the native Americans?

• The Native Americans were introduced to sugar.

• The Native Americans were decimated by diseases like smallpox and measles.

• Honeybees were introduced to the Americas.

• Horses were introduced to the Americas.