TCAP Review 8

Question 1

Indigenous

Answer 1

Occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment.

Question 2

Maya

Answer 2

Built their cities in forests, and are credited with creating things such as pyramids, and lived in what is now present-day Europe.

Question 3

Aztec

Answer 3

Built their cities on water, and sacrificed people and planned cities. They are credited with creating the calendars. They live in present day Mexico.

Question 4

Inca

Answer 4

Lived in the sky, and live in present day Peru.

Question 5

The Columbian Exchange

Answer 5

The exchange between the Old and New Americas for goods and materials.

Question 6

Encomienda

Answer 6

The Feudal system that the Spanish put into place.

Question 7

Missions System

Answer 7

Created new communities where the Native Americans received religious education and instruction.

Question 8

Conquistador

Answer 8

Explores or soldiers of both the Spanish and Portuguese empires.

Question 9

Hernan Cortez

Answer 9

In search of both gold and glory, he sought out the Aztec’s, and used his more advanced weapons to frighten them, and soon defeated them with the help of a Mayan women, and germs such as smallpox, or measles.

Question 10

Fransisco Pizzaro

Answer 10

Took over the Inca’s by kidnapping their leader and threatening him with the use of ransom. Not long after, the tribe turned on the leader, and he was sentenced to death.

Question 11

Bartolome de las Casa

Answer 11

A Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist who is best known for his work as a historian and social reformer.