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2. The city of Tenochtitlan was the center of this ancient civilization

3. What was the Aztec Civilization? Greenwich indicates the prime meridian, which is zero degrees longitude

4. Aztecs built a great civilization in this area of Middle America

5. What is the Valley of Mexico?

6. In 1325, Aztecs built this capital city upon a marshy lake, now known as Mexico City

7. What is Tenochtitlan? (teh nawch tee tlahn)

8. Building pyramids was the accomplishment of both the Aztec and another Native American Civilization

9. What was the Mayan Civilization?

10. Allies of Spanish in Cortez’s defeat of the Aztec

11. Who were Moctezuema’s enemies among the Native American tribes?

12. The Incan Civilization was known for Hieroglyphics, pyramids and floating gardens True/False

13. What is false? Incan civilization was famous for their roads and aqueducts, which allowed them to bring water to villages hundreds of miles away.

14. Which two lines of latitude is Easton located in between

15. What are 40 and 41 degrees north?

16. The Incan civilization is located on which coast of South America

17. What is the west coast?

18. The Inca were not like the Aztec and Maya who had a written language, hieroglyphics. Instead they kept records using a knotted string more commonly known as this

19. What is a quipu?

20. Harrisburg located between these two lines of longitude

21. What are 76 and 77 degrees west?

22. The first permanent English settlement is this town in Virginia

23. What is Jamestown, Virginia?

24. Unlike the Spanish, French settlers treated Native Americans fairly and were interested in this type of trade in North America

25. What was fur trade?

26. Based on the timeline below answer the following: which event occurred first – Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire or the time of King William’s War

27. What was Pizarro conquering the Incan Empire?

28. There were many reasons that English settlers came to America. For some it was to escape political problems and poverty; for others, religious freedom. In short, this was the reason to leave for America

29. What was to start a new life – a better life than they had in England?

30. Based on the timeline below determine the following: number of years after Columbus’s arrival in the New World was the first successful English settlement.

31. What are 115 years?

32. The arrival of the Spanish improved the quality of life for Native Americans True/False

33. What is false? Native Americans died from hunger, the hardships of slavery and disease

34. The Aztec Empire fell in 1521 to this Spanish conqueror

35. Who was Cortez?

36. When Cortes defeated the Aztecs, he did not have as many soldiers as the Aztecs had, but he did have other factors on his side

37. What were diseases, horses, superior weapons and other Native American tribes?

38. The Western Hemisphere sent chocolate, potatoes and maize to Europe. In return, the Spanish brought this animal to the Western Hemisphere

39. What are horses?

40. Of Aztec, Mayan and Incan, which civilization was not defeated by the Spanish

41. What the Mayan Civilization?

42. Some scientists think that Native Americans migrated from this continent

43. What is Asia? North America Asia

44. Give 2 similarities between Spanish and French treatment of Native American

45. What are: A. They both needed Native Americans to survive. B. They both came to get land and resources.

46. Give 2 differences between Spanish and French treatment of Native American

47. What are: A. The French needed the natives for survival. B. The Spanish were cruel and betrayed their trust and enslaved those not killed.

48. Three reasons that Jamestown was considered a successful colony

49. What are Jamestown: -had its own government -had the support of England -was the first settlement to survive beyond settlement and continue as a colony ? (For instance, Roanoke was earlier but did not have any survivors when supply ships returned from England.)

50. Reason Native Americans were able to migrate from Asia to the Americas

51. What was they migrated across a land bridge during the last great Ice Age?