Native People-Crusades Flashcards
1
Q
3 main Native American tribes in the new world
A
Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas
2
Q
Year that Hernan Cortez and 400 men arrived in the new world
A
1519
3
Q
Year that the Spanish conquered the Aztecs
A
1521
4
Q
Describe the Incas
A
Found in present day Chile/Peru, capital was Cusco, lots of connecting roads, used llamas as pack animals
5
Q
Year that Pissarro and the Spaniards conquered Incas
A
1530’s
6
Q
Describe the Mayas
A
Flourished in mathematics, astronomy, had hieroglyphic writing, accurate calendar, disappeared before the Spanish came, was copied by later civilizations, human sacrifice
7
Q
What was the native Americans main weakness?
A
Lack of political unity(plus disease wiped alot of them out)
