Unit 4 Review Mesoamerica, AOE, & Absolutism

The Olmec and Maya both used what as a form of writing?

• 1. Hieroglyphics

• 1. Phoenician Alphabet

• 1. Sanskrit

• 1. Quipus

Who was the conquistador that conquered the Aztecs?

• Soto

• Phillip II

• Cortez

• Pizarro

What civilization was destroyed because of a 200 year drought?

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Inca

• Mayan

The Conquistador conquered what group?

• Aztecs

• Olmecs

• Incas

• Mayans

Christopher Columbus sailed to the "New World" in what year?

• 1492

• 1204

• 1776

• 1071

What was the main reason for the Age of Exploration?

• Portugal needed more land because it was overcrowded

• Europe needed another route to China & India

• Spain wanted to spread Christianity

• England needed another route to attack France

How did the first humans come to the Americas?

• Bering Sea Land Bridge

• Sailed across the Atlantic

• Sailed across the Pacific

• Were slaves that were brought by the Spanish.

1. What is the term used to describe sailing all the way around the world.

(a)  

1. What are Artificial (man-made) Islands created by the Aztec for farming and building on called?

(a)  

1. Teotihuacan is located in which direction from Chichen Itza.

• North

• South

• East

• West