Unit 4: Age of Exploration MOD

Which of the following statements best explains how Pre-Columbian empires were good at engineering and construction?

• They focused solely on artistic endeavors.

• They built advanced road systems and aqueducts.

The Aztec developed a comprehensive societal structure. How do we know they created a highly complex social organization?

Which of the following were Mesoamerican advances?

• The development of a complex calendar system

• The construction of large stone pyramids

Terraced farming was important for the Incan Empire because it:

• Increased the empire's trade routes

• Allowed cultivation on steep slopes

Know what regions of the Americas where the Maya, Aztec, and Inca were located.

The Mayan calendar was an important scientific advancement because it was:

• a highly accurate solar calendar

• the first calendar ever created

Which of the following were causes for the Age of Exploration?

What made it possible for Spanish and Portuguese explorers to travel further west?

• The invention of the steam engine

• The development of advanced navigation techniques

The Spanish crown funded Christopher Columbus’s voyages across the Atlantic because they wanted to:

• Establish a new colony in Africa

• Find a new trade route to Asia

Who was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route?

• Vasco De Gama

• Amerigo Vespucci