1. Exploration and the Americas
Unit 4
Exploration and the Americas

2. What was the foundation of the Mayan/Toltec Empire?
Religion

3. The exchange of plants and animals between the old world and the new is called?
The Columbian Exchange

4. What economic policy sparked rivalries and competition between Europeans?
Merchantilism

5. Which early American civilization did not have a writing system?
Inca

6. Crop failure due to drought was a major reason for the decline of which early American societies?
Mayan/Toltec

7. Who was Queztacoatl?
Feathered serpent god

8. What innovation allowed European explorers to determine their location at the sea relative to the stars?
Astrolabe

9. What was the voyage of the slave across the Atlantic ocean to the New World/Americas called?
The Middle Passage

10. Which early American society declined due to internal issues?
Aztec

11. What did the Inca teach the people they conquered to unify the area?
language

12. How did the Inca adapt to their geography…hint what is a chinampa?
Using islands for farming

13. What city in Europe fell in 1453 causing Europeans to find a new trade route to Asia?
Constantinople

14. What type of infrastructure/technology helped unify both the Roman and Inca empires?
Roads

15. What are the three G’s that caused European exploration?
God
Gold
Glory

16. Which early American society declined due to invasion/outside forces?
Inca

17. Who were dependent upon technological innovations at this time?
European Explorers

18. What European explorer is associated with the devastating diseases brought by the Europeans?
Columbus