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

Where did the Aztecs build their capital city?

• On a River

• On a Lake

• On the Sea

• In the Desert

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.

A political philosophy where the King or Queen have total control?

• Theroracy

• Absolutism

• Feudalism

• Fascism

1. An item that gives you the ability to determine the direction you are traveling is called what.