world history unit 4 test study guide

Who traveled from Venice to china and introduced Europe to Asian spices and the silk road?

• Kublai Khan

• Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Magellan

Which Nations shared control over South America?

• Spain and Great Britain

• Spain and France

• Spain and Portugal

• Spain and Italy

Main "secret" weapon of the conquistadors that allowed them to quickly subdue the natives:

• guns

• smallpox

• horses

• swords

A "Conquistador" is:

• European Conqueror

• European Explorer

• Fierce Native Warrior

• European sailor

What is the silk road

• stairway to heaven

• a road made of silk stretched from Europe to Asia

• the sea trade route from Europe to Asia

• the overland trade route from Europe to Asia

when people leave one place and settle to another place

• City

• colony

• empire

• settlement

Government in MesoAmerican societies can best be described as: 

• Democracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Which society built these mysterious statues? 

• Inca

• Maya

• Aztecs

• Olmecs

Which indigenous group was the first to create an empire in Mesoamerica? 

• incans

• Aztecs

• olmec

• Mesopotamians

Which is true about the Mayans’ political structure?

• It consisted of approx. 40 independent city-states

• They were made up of many small tribes

• They had a massive, unified kingdom

• Their political structure is still used by Mayans today