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Worksheets4.2 & 4.3 Study Guide
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What had weakened the Incan empire before the Spanish conquered it?
drought and famine
an earthquake
disease and war
a volcanic eruption
How did the Spanish conquest affect culture in the Americas?
The Spanish, American Indian, and African cultures blended over time.
The Spanish destroyed Aztec and Incan cultures so that no trace remained.
Spanish colonists gave up European culture and adopted American Indian ways.
The Spanish kept their own culture, but American Indians adopted African culture.
What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
to end a war between Spain and Portugal
to end a war between Portugal and Muslims
to divide the non-European world between Spain and Portugal
to settle the terms of a trade agreement between Portugal and Muslims
What effect did Spanish and Portuguese colonization have on South American Indians?
Warfare, disease, and harsh treatment, including being forced to work in silver mines or sugar
plantations, caused the deaths of many native people.
South American Indians were assimilated into the European ruling class.
Spanish and Portuguese colonization had less effect on South American Indians than it did on
those native people living in Central America and the Caribbean.
Many South American Indians emigrated to other parts of the Spanish or Portuguese empires.
Brazil’s history differs from the history of most countries in South America because Brazil
was never successfully colonized by Europeans.
was colonized by Portugal, not Spain.
had few valuable natural resources to export.
achieved its independence violently.
What was the Incan mita system?
labor as payment for taxes
a method of counting
the division of land among government, priests, and the people
the Incan social system
Despite having little freedom, people under Incan rule benefited from
the use of quipus.
government support during crises.
the support of their ayllu.
a strict social hierarchy.
The social hierarchy of the Incas
ranked people according to their importance.
ranked people according to their skills.
assigned the same ranking to all nobles.
divided commoners by age rather than by gender.
How are quipus different from records kept by European and Asian societies at around the same
time?
Quipus used a pictorial alphabet.
Quipus conveyed information through a pattern of knots on strings.
Quipus used a phonetic alphabet.
Quipus were oral, not written, records.
Why was the mita system important to the Incan empire?
It helped Incan astronomers calculate the movements of the stars.
It allowed the government to collect taxes in the form of physical labor.
It helped the emperor keep strict control over faraway lands.
It kept order by forming a strict social hierarchy.
Incan architects and engineers are famous for building
thousands of miles of roads to connect the empire.
stone bridges crossing deep mountain gorges.
aqueducts to carry water from distant lakes.
deep mountain wells used to irrigate crops.
