1.4 and 1.5: The Americas and Africa

Which of these areas in the Americas remained largely STATELESS?

• North America

• Mesoamerica

• South America

The Aztec Empire was DE-CENTRALIZED. This means that, although people were conquered, __________.

• the Aztec directly administered governance over them.

• local leaders remained in power and they had to pay tribute.

The Inca Empire governed over a large area by creating four provinces, each with their own bureaucracy and answerable to the king. This was a ________ empire.

• centralized

• stateless

• de-centralized

What effect did the trans-Saharan trade have on the states of West Africa?

• Economic and political ties with merchants facilitated kings converting largely to Christianity.

• Kings of West Africa created dueling de-centralized city-states.

• Kings taxed the trade and became wealthy, employing armies and centralizing power.

Indian Ocean trade created _____________ on the East Coast of Africa.

• de-centralized city-states

• large centralized empires

• stateless societies