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Cultural Diffusion in the Americas Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Native to or originally from a place

a)

Human geography

b)

Indigenous

c)

Cultural Diffusion

2.

The spread and mixing of cultures

a)

Cultural replacement

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Indigenous

3.

Italian explorer who made opened contact between the Americas and Europe causing devastating effects for indigenous people

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Marco Polo

4.

Spanish explorer who caused the fall of the Aztecs.

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Queen Isabella

5.

Religion that the Spanish sought to spread in other parts of the world

a)

Judaism

b)

Catholicism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

6.

Permanent structures like buildings and roads

a)

Agriculture

b)

Irrigation

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Domestication

7.

Large scale farming

a)

Agriculture

b)

Irrigation

c)

Domestication

d)

Infrastructure

8.

Population

a)

Number of crops

b)

Number of people

c)

Number of languages

9.

Capital city of the Aztecs

a)

Tlatoani

b)

Washington

c)

Tenochtitlan

10.

The three reasons for European exploration.

a)

Gold, God, Glory

b)

Food, Water, Shelter

11.

The exchange of plants, animals, and people between the Americas and Afro-eurasia.

a)

The Atlantic Exchange

b)

The Aztec Exchange

c)

The Columbian Exchange

12.

Pre-Columbian means...

a)

before the voyage of Columbus

b)

After the voyage of Columbus

c)

While Columbus was alive

13.

Year of Columbus' voyage to the Americas

a)

1521

b)

1776

c)

1492

14.

Floating gardens of the Aztecs

a)

Tlatoani

b)

Chinampa

c)

Domestication

d)

Division of Labor

15.

Paying taxes in the form of goods or items

a)

Tribute

b)

Tlatoani

c)

Tenochtitlan

16.

Ranking of people in society

a)

Pyramid

b)

Empire

c)

Hierarchy

17.

When one government extends their power to control other places.

a)

Empire

b)

Democracy

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

18.

Breaking up the work, everyone does a different job.

a)

Division of Labor

b)

Limited Government

c)

Human Geography

19.

A huge, highly organized group of people, working together for survival

a)

hunter-gatherer

b)

civilization

20.

When a country controls a piece of land in another place and settles it with people

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

Agriculture

c)

Colony