Unit 4 Mesoamerica QUiz

1.  Which phrase best identifies one similarity between the Olmec civilization and that of the Aztecs? (Olmec Civilization; existed between about 1200 BC and 400 B; Created complex water and drainage systems)

 

 

• developed a republican government

• developed well organized cities

• established a social caste system

• established a monotheistic religion

How were the Maya and Inca economies similar to earlier Mesoamerican civilizations?

• Made manufactured goods

• Influenced by foreign markets

• based on agriculture

• had a republican government

Which factor contributed most to the slave trade?

• factories in Europe

• textile work in North America

• shipping ports in the Old World

• Sugar plantations in the Carribean

What even does this best describe?

Reason for European Expansion

seek trade routes

spread religion

increase political and economic influence

• voyages of Christopher Columbus

• travels of Marco Polo

• the Crusades

• The Reformation

How did Portugal benefit from De Gama's voyage around the tip of Africa?

• Good were traded with France

• New materials from the New World

• brought manufactured good from China

• Goods were traded with India

Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella support Christopher Columbus?

• They wanted to test new technology for sailing

• They wanted to discover new land

• There were looking for a sea route to Asia

• They wanted to settle the New World

Why technology allowed the Portuguese to become the first European Power to explore? Select 3

• compass

• astrolabe

• terraced farming

• caravel

Corn was brought back to Europe via Christopher Columbus. What is this an example of?

• agriculture in Europe

• trade markets in Medieval Europe

• diffusion of trade goods (globalization)

• economic isolation of Europe

What two leaders does this describe?

Aztec leader believed white, bearded god had arrived

Spanish Conquistador takes advantage and conquers Tenochtitlan

• Montezuma

  and

  Columbus

• Montezuma

  and Cortez

• Pachacuti and Magellen

what was the center of the Inca Empire?

• Amazon Forest

• The Mississippi River

• The Yucatan Peninsula

• The Andes Mountains