Ing. Pablo San Andres

1) How did Pachacuti make sure conquered people were loyal to the Incas?

2) Why does the timeline show two dates for the Aztecs before the beginning of their empire?

3) Mention one advantage and one disadvantage of this system of keeping record

4) What are the most important aspects of Incan Civilization?

5) 5) List the major events events in the creation of the Incan empire in order

1) How did Pachacuti make sure conquered people were loyal to the Incas? By forcing those who were disloyal to leave their land and replacing them with people who were loyal

2) Why does the timeline show two dates for the Aztecs before the beginning of their empire? The two early dates show important milestones in the growth of the Aztec civilization before it became an empire

3) Mention one advantage and one disadvantage of this system of keeping record Advantage.- You can record a lot of information and might last longer than paper.

Disadvantage.- It takes a lot of space

and it is hard to learn

4) What are the most important aspects of Incan Civilization?The Incas worshipped many Gods and practiced human sacrifice; Inti and Viracocha were two important Inca God.

5) List the major events events in the creation of the Incan empire in order

1200- Settled in Cuzco 1438- Pachacuti conquered the people of

the Andes and the Pacific coast.Topa Inca expanded the empire even more

1500- The Spaniards conquered Incas

6) Why were Spanish explorers interested in conquering kingdoms in the Americas? They were in search of gold and other treasures

7) How were the Spanish able to defeat the Native AmericansThey had guns and horses, which the Native Americans had never seen; Native American weapons were far less powerful; the Spanish carried diseases that sickened and killed entire villages, they were able to use local rivalries to enlist the help of some Native American groups

8) Who was Moctezuma? Montezuma was a ruler of the Aztec.

9) Why did Spain and Portugal became rivals?

Spain and Portugal became rivals because each country sent explorers to the Americas and tried to stop one another form claiming land there

10) What are two reasons the conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztecs and the Incas?

Because Spanish explorers heard stories of wealthy kingdoms in the Americas. They hoped to find gold and other treasures there.

11) Why did European nations begin exploring other parts of the world?

Because they were searching for new trade routes to Asia

12) Which conquistadors conquered the Aztecs and the Incas?

Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztecs; Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas.

a) Hacienda is a large farm or plantation._______________________________________________________b) Christopher Columbus an explorer who landed in the West

Indies in 1992.

__________________________________________________________ c) Mestizo, in North America, a person of mixed Spanish and

Native American ancestry __________________________________________________________ d) Christopher Columbus an Italian explorer sponsored by

England.________________________________________

e) A hacienda was a plantation owned by Spaniards or the Catholic Church.

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 f) The two most important provinces in

Spain’s American empire were New Spain and Peru_______________________

g) Moctezuma was the ruler of the Aztec empire at the time the Spanish arrived there. ________________

14) Define the following termsCuzco, Topa, Inca, Census, Quipu,

aqueduct, conquest, loyalty, descendant, conquistador, mestizo and Hacienda.

15) Explain why Europeans came to the Americas in the 1500s

Europeans reached the Americas while searching for new trade routes to Asia; once in the Americas they searched for gold and other treasures, and wanted to spread Christianity.