Unit #6 Practice

Match the following Native American Empire with the cause for their downfall.

• Hernando Cortez

• Aztec Civilization

• Francisco Pizarro

• Mayan Empire

• Drought and Overpopulation

• Inca Empire

Organize these options into the right categories for MesoAmerican Civilizations

Groups:

(a) Aztec

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(b) Mayan

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(c) Inca

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(d) Olmec

• South America

• Mostly Central America

• Destroyed by Pizarro

• Destroyed by Drought and Overpopulation

• Thrived in the BCE Era

• Mother of MesoAmerican Civilization

• Mostly Mexico

• Created the concept of Zero

• Created Extensive Road Networks

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• Destroyed by Cortez

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Match the following map to the Explorer

• Hernando Cortez

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• Ferdinand Magellan

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• Francisco Pizarro

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• Vasco De Gama

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• Christopher Columbus

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1st Person that discovered the America's hitting Canada in the Year 1000 CE

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando Cortez

• Lief Eriksson

• Prince Henry

Reorder the following

• Christopher Columbus explores the Bahamas

• Leif Eriksson explorers Canada

• Hernando Cortez explores Mexico and destroys Aztecs

• Francisco Pizarro explores South America and destroys Incas

• Prince Henry Explores West Africa

Once Christopher Columbus discovers a route to the Caribbean Islands, this establishes a trade route. This trade was called what?

• The Silk Road

• The Indian Maritime Route

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Cortez Exchange

The Direct Route from Africa to the Caribbean Islands is called the ___________________

• The Silk Road

• The Middle Passage

• The Indian Maritime Route

• The Atlantic Passage

When Columbus 1st discovered the Caribbean Islands, he used the Natives as Slave Labor. Within 100 years, most of the Natives were gone, therefore creating a need for more slaves. What three answers below led to the loss of Native Americans.

• Native Americans died of diseases

• Native Americans escaped from the Europeans into the Jungles

• Native Americans were worked to death

• Native Americans were shipped to Africa for exchange for African Slaves.

Which two countries are responsible for developing Latin America and creating a need for continued slave labor.

• India

• Spain

• Portugal

• Italy

The majority of enslaved people brought to the Americas

• were captured from West African coastal tribes.
• were mainly women captured through tribal wars.
• were obtained through slave trade with Muslim merchants.
• traders.were captured from the Cape of South Africa by Dutch traders.
• were captured by British slave traders and brought to the East coast of North America.

Answer explanation

Correct Answer: were captured from West African coastal tribes.

The majority of enslaved people brought to the Americas were captured from West African coastal tribes.