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Incan and Mayan Empires
French And English Explorers
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The city of Tenochtitlan was the center of this
ancient civilization
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What was the Aztec Civilization?
Greenwich indicates the prime meridian, which is
zero degrees longitude
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Aztecs built a great civilization in this area of
Middle America
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What is the Valley of Mexico?
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Daily Double
They formed alliances with the Spanish and helped
Cortez defeat of the Aztec
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Who were Moctezuemas enemies among the Native
American tribes?
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In 1325, Aztecs built this capital city upon a
marshy lake, now known as Mexico City
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What is Tenochtitlan? (teh nawch tee tlahn)
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The Aztec Empire fell in 1521 to this Spanish
conqueror
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Who was Cortez?
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Building pyramids, hieroglyphics and using
calendars were accomplishment of both the Aztec
and another Native American Civilization
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What was the Mayan Civilization?
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True/False
The Incan Civilization was known for
Hieroglyphics, pyramids and floating gardens
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What is false?
Incan civilization was famous for their roads and
aqueducts, which allowed them to bring water to
villages hundreds of miles away .
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The Incan civilization is located on which
coast of South America
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What is the west coast?
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The Inca were not like the Aztec and Maya who had
a written language, hieroglyphics. Instead they
kept records using a knotted string more commonly
known as this
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What is a quipu?
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Based on the timeline below answer the following
which event occurred first Pizarro conquers the
Inca Empire or Columbus discovering America?
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What was Columbus arrives at New World?
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The first permanent English settlement is this
town in Virginia
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What is Jamestown, Virginia?
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Unlike the Spanish, French settlers treated
Native Americans fairly and were interested in
this type of trade in North America
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What was fur trade?
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There were many reasons that English settlers
came to America. For some it was to escape
political problems and poverty for others,
religious freedom. In short, this was the reason
to leave for America
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What was to start a new life a better life than
they had in England?
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True/False The French were cruel to the Native
Americans as they conquered them and forced them
into slavery
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What is false? The Spanish were the
conquistadors who treated the Natives cruel and
inhumane.
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Give 2 differences between Spanish and French
treatment of Native American
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What are A. The Spanish were cruel and betrayed
their trust, conquered and enslaved those not
killed. B. The French worked with Natives to
improve their fur trade
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True/False
The arrival of the Spanish improved the quality
of life for Native Americans
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What is false?
Native Americans died from hunger, the hardships
of slavery and disease
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Daily Double
When Cortes defeated the Aztecs, he did not have
as many soldiers as the Aztecs had, but he did
have other factors on his side
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What were diseases, horses, superior weapons and
other Native American tribes?
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Of Aztec, Mayan and Incan, which civilization was
not defeated by the Spanish
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What was the Mayan Civilization?
Their civilization had disbanded nearly 500 years
before the Spanish arrived in the New World
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Give 2 similarities between Spanish and French
treatment of Native American
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What are A. They both needed Native Americans to
survive. B. They both came to get land and
resources (timber, furs gold and other minerals)
. C. They both came to convert natives to
Christianity.
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The Western Hemisphere sent chocolate, potatoes
and maize to Europe. In return, the Spanish
brought this animal to the Western Hemisphere
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What are horses?
Along with other livestock like cattle, sheep and
pigs.
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A. Harrisburg is located between these two lines
of longitude
B. Double it by doing the same for its lines of
latitude.
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What are 76 and 77 degrees west?
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Daily Double
Some scientists think that Native Americans
migrated from this continent
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What is Asia?
Asia
North America
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Based on the timeline below determine the
following number of years after Columbuss
arrival in the New World was the first successful
English settlement.
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What are 115 years?
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Which two lines of latitude is Easton located in
between
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What are 40 and 41 degrees north?
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Reason Native Americans were able to migrate from
Asia to the Americas
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What was they migrated across a land bridge
during the last great Ice Age, about 15,000 years
ago?