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| 131334565 | What did the Spanish come to the Americas for? | Gold, glory, and god. | 0 | |
| 131334566 | Where was the Incan capital located? | Machu Picchu (top of the Andes mountains) | 1 | |
| 131334567 | What were the Toltecs like? | Had many civil wars over religion which tore their society apart. Invaders from the north were able to destroy them in 1160s. | 2 | |
| 131334568 | Native Americans.... | were nomadic and were divided into tribes. Well known tribes today appeared after the 1000s | 3 | |
| 131334569 | What was hunter-gatherer culture like in North America? | Women tended to gather berries and roots, weave, make pottery, and raise children, but status was secondary to men. | 4 | |
| 131334570 | What is the Southwest Desert presently known as? | Arizona and New Mexico | 5 | |
| 131334571 | What settlement occurred during the 300s-800s BCE? | Mongollon, Hohokam, and Anazazi (300-1300 CE) | 6 | |
| 131334572 | What was Anazazi life like? | Make pueblos on open flat land, caves, canyons. Also held religious ceremonies in underground chambers (kivas) | 7 | |
| 131334573 | What were the underground chambers that the Anazazi held religious ceremonies in called? | Kivas | 8 | |
| 131334574 | What were some of the Ohio and Mississippian Valley civilizations? | Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian. | 9 | |
| 131334575 | How did the Mississippian civilization live? | Built great mounds and cities. The largest city was Cahokia. | 10 | |
| 131334576 | What was the largest city in the Mississippian civilization, where was it located, and what was the population? | Cahokia, in western Illinois, had a population of 30,000 | 11 | |
| 131334577 | What was the height of the Aztec empire and its population? | Tenochtitlan-Tlatelco. Half million | 12 | |
| 131334578 | How large was the Aztec population | 10 million | 13 | |
| 131334579 | Where is the Aztec capital located current day? | Mexico City | 14 | |
| 131334580 | How large was the Aztec empire after all the land they conquered?/ | covered more than 125,000 square miles. | 15 | |
| 131334581 | Who was the last ruler of the Aztecs? | Moctezuma ll (1502-1520) | 16 | |
| 131334582 | Who was Hernan Cortes? | An explorer who led Spanish conquistadors to the Americas in the early 1500s. Cortes and a group of Spanish conquistadors captured and killed Moctezuma ll, the final Aztec ruler. They overthrew the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which fell in 1520 along with the death of Moctezuma ll. | 17 | |
| 131334583 | Where is Machu Picchi current day? | The top of the Andes Mountains | 18 | |
| 131334584 | What was the capital of the Incan empire? | Cuzco (interior lined with GOLD) | 19 | |
| 131334585 | What where the early Andean civilizations? | Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Huari, Tiahuanaco, and Chimu. | 20 | |
| 131334586 | Where were Early Andean civilizations? | Northwestern Andes | 21 | |
| 131334587 | What were societies organized into clans called? | ayllu | 22 | |
| 131334588 | What were obligations to clans known as? | mit'a | 23 | |
| 131334589 | What was early Andean culture like? | Women tended to be greatly constrained in their rights and freedoms. Terrace farming in all societies. | 24 | |
| 131334590 | What was an invention that early Andean Civilizations used to count? | Quipo | 25 | |
| 131334591 | How much land did the Incan empire cover? | 3,000 miles. The incas ruled a territory that stretched from Chile in northern Ecuador and from the Pacific coast to the upper Amazon Basin. | 26 | |
| 131334592 | Who did the Incas worship? | The sun god | 27 | |
| 131334593 | What were the central American societies? | Olmecs and Maya. | 28 | |
| 131334594 | What were central American societies like? | Despotic or rigid dictatorships ruled by kings and priests. Had trade and economic interaction. | 29 | |
| 131342003 | What was agriculture like in central american societies? | Grew maize and potatoes | 30 | |
| 131342004 | When did central american societies begin? | 5000-3000 BCE | 31 | |
| 131342005 | Where was the mayan empire located? | yucatan peninsula (southern mexico) | 32 | |
| 131342006 | What accomplishments did the Mayan and Aztecs have? | Built pyraminds, mainly for religious purposes, temples were built on top of pyramids to honor the gods. | 33 | |
| 131342007 | What was the purpose of Tenochtitlan? | Dedicated to Huizilopochtli (the sun god) and Tlaloc (the rain god) | 34 | |
| 131342008 | What did the Spanish bring to the Americas? | Diseases such as smallpox and measles which wiped out millions of natives. They're so nice ! :) | 35 | |
| 131342009 | What were Spanish tactics used for? | To stir up rivalries among various native tribes and allying with some against others | 36 | |
| 131342010 | Who discovered Portuguese Brazil? | Pedro Cabral in 1500 Accidental discovery. Outpost established in 1532, upgraded to governor-generalship in 1549, became a viceroyalty in 1720. | 37 | |
| 131345650 | Who were Peninsulares? | Spanish from Spain | 38 | |
| 131345651 | Who were Creoles? | Spanish born in Americas | 39 | |
| 131345652 | Who were Meztizo? | mixed Spanish/Native descent | 40 | |
| 131345653 | What was a major priority during Spanish expedition? | To convert Native Americans to Catholic Christianity | 41 | |
| 131345654 | What did Spain and Portugal take, and how much did they take of it? | Gold (185,000 kilograms) and Silver (16 million kilograms of silver) | 42 | |
| 131345655 | Why was the House of trade established? | To direct all trade and shipping from the New World through the Spanish port of Seville | 43 | |
| 131354775 | What was the encomienda? | Made all Native Americans subjects of the Spanish crown. Spanish generals and explorers were allowed to use the Indian as a source of labor | 44 | |
| 131354776 | When did the character of the rule change? | During 1530s and 1540s. | 45 | |
| 131354777 | Who protested the cruel treatment of Indians? | Dominican monk Las Casas, created New Laws and the encomienda system was abolished in 1542 | 46 | |
| 131354778 | What was Agriculture and sugar production like? | haciendas, estancias, and latifundias were huge estates for growing a single crop cheaply. Products included coffee, bananas, tomatoes, corn, and potatoes. Also sugar plantations, molasses, and rum. | 47 | |
| 131356854 | What islands did the Dutch take over? | Caribbean | 48 | |
| 131356855 | When did the Dutch begin to settle in North America? | The late 1500s and early 1600s | 49 | |
| 131356856 | What did the Netherlands establish in 1621? | The dutch west india company | 50 | |
| 131356857 | What were the new Netherlands like? | The largest and most famous Dutch colony, founded in what is now New York in the early 1600s. Their region had been explored and claimed by Henry Hudson on behalf of the Dutch in 1609 | 51 |
