Quiz on Early American Civilizations

How did humans get to the Americas?

• Crossed on the Bering Land Bridge connecting Asia to North America.

• Took boats from Australia to the Americas.

• Dug tunnels through the Earth to get to North America.

• It is believed that Aliens brought them over.

Which major American civilization was not around when the Europeans arrived?

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Olmecs

• Italians

Mercantilism theory believes that colonies should...?

• be considered a burden to the colonial power.

• be granted independence as soon as possible.

• be encouraged to develop their own economic systems.

• be a source of raw resources and a place to sell exports.

Since the Spanish had better weapons than the Aztecs and Incas did...

• they wanted to teach their new friends how to effectively use them.

• the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztec and Incas rapidly.

• it became something for the Aztecs and Incas to envy.

• the Aztecs decided that they needed to create their own new weapons that were even better than the Spanish.

Realized that Columbus discovered a New World

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

Conquered the Incan Empire

• Hernan Cortez

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Christopher Columbus

Landed in the Caribbean on La Isla Hispaniola

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Conquered the Aztec Empire

• Vespucci

• Cortez

• Columbus

• Pizarro

Landed in India for the Portuguese in 1498

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• Francisco Pizzaro

The death of large numbers of native people in Latin America during the early period of Spanish colonialism led to?

• removal of Spanish troops from the Americas.

• improved health care.

• the decline in Spanish immigration to the Americas.

• the importation of slaves from Africa.