Unit 1, Chapter 1

Question 1

Incas

Answer 1

Highly advanced South American civilization- Peru

Question 2

Aztecs

Answer 2

Native American empire- Mexico

• advanced agriculture (maize)
• sought favor of gods with human sacrifices

Question 3

Three-sisters farming

Answer 3

North American agricultural system by North American Indians 1000 CE
- cultivation of maize, beans, and squash

Question 4

Colombian exchange

Answer 4

The transfer of goods, crops, and diseases from the Old World to the new world

Question 5

Treaty of tordesillas

Answer 5

(1494) signed by Spain and Portugal, dividing the territories of the New World

Question 6

Encomienda

Answer 6

Spanish government policy to command or give Indians to certain colonist in return for the promise to Christianize them

Question 7

Capitalism

Answer 7

Economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade and open and accessible markets

Question 8

Mestizos

Answer 8

People of mixed Indian and European heritage - Mexico

Question 9

Conquistadors

Answer 9

16th-century Spaniards, who fanned out across the Americas, from Colorado to Argentina, eventually conquering the Aztec and Indian empires

Question 10

Popés Rebellian

Answer 10

(1680) pueblo Indian rebellion that drove Spanish settlers from New Mexico

Question 11

Black legend

Answer 11

False notion that Spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians and steal their gold in the name of Christ