Atlantic World Review

Hernan Cortes was not supposed to travel from Cuba to ______.

• Guatemala

• South America

• Mexico

• Hispanola

Europeans tried to dehumanize which indigenous Caribbean people by calling them cannibals?

• Tainos

• Maya

• Olmecs

• Caribs

Which of the following best describes chinampa agriculture?

• Cutting down the brush to grow crops

• Creating raised beds in swampy areas to grow crops

• Creating raised beds near the ocean to grow crops

• Slashing and burning brush to grow crops

Which society is referred to as the 'mother culture'?

• Olmecs

• Maya

• Caribs

• Aztecs

This early American civilization was based on an alliance of three different societies. The Tenochtitlan, Tlacopan, and_____.

• Tikal

• Mexica

• Copan

• Texcoco

Which society has more 'traditional' gender/labor roles?

• Maya

• Inca

• Taino

• Aztec

True or False: These early American civilizations were monothesistic cultures.

• True

• False

We learned that the Inca had a specific rule about their social hierarchy. What was it?

• The emperor only had religious advisors

• Speakers of Quechua were given privileged status in the empire

• Only two major groups in society, elites and commoners

• Power was passed down from the female side of the family

Who was responsible for destroying the Inca?

• Pizzaro

• Cortes

• Ponce de Leon

• King Henry V

How did the Inca soldify its power over new people?

• Execute the local leader

• Leave the military behind to enforce the new rules of the empire

• Built religious temples to remind people who is in charge

• Destroyed all structures and forced the new population to rebuild