Emperor of the incas - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

New Mexico History Chapter 3 100% Correct Conquistador A Spanish conqueror of the Americas Encomienda A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it epidemic A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. Small pox virus Disease that killed many Natives brought to the Americas by the Europeans. tribute (n.) something done or given to show thanks or respect; a payment Christopher Columbus He mistaken...

Early Civilizations - CORRECT ANSWER-Immersed in South and Central America and Mexico In Peru the Incas - CORRECT ANSWER-Created the largest empire in the Americas stretching almost 2000 miles long South America develop a complex administrative system pave roads Mesoamerican Civilizations - CORRECT ANSWER--Mayans and Aztecs -Occupied Central America and much of Mexico -Developed a strong agricultural system and extensive trade networks, followed a solar calendar, and participated in high...

Global History - Regents Review Exam (With Verified Answers) Byzantine Empire Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century onward, taken from 'Byzantion,' an early name for Constantinople, the Byzantine capital city. The empire fell to the Ottomans in 1453. (250) Golden Age of Islam A time during the Abbasid Dynasty (with a capital in Baghdad) when the arts and intellectualism were flourishing. Astronomy, surgery, etc. were all having inventions in th...

Chapter 20 - The Atlantic World (Spain's overseas empire, Jamestown, Slave Trade, Columbian exchange) Exam 2024 Christopher Columbus -Answer-Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China () colony -Answer-a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland Hernando Cortes -Answer-Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico () Montezuma -Answer-Aztec chieftan; encountered Cortes ...

  HIS 201 Exam 1 Quiz Questions and Verified Answers (Latest Update) Already GRADED A Early Woodland Indians obtained food by hunting deer Which characteristic was common across the many tribes inhabiting North America at the dawn of European colonization? A culture developed according to local natural environments When did corn become a signature food crop in southwestern cultures? 3500 BP Eastern Woodland peoples around the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492 clustere...

ABCTE World History Exam 55 Questions with Verified Answers 4 Ancient Civilizations - CORRECT ANSWER Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, and the Indus Valley Mesopotamia - CORRECT ANSWER "the land between 2 rivers" first major civilization, Sumer first city, Jericho Sumer - CORRECT ANSWER first major civilization Cueniform first culture to enter written history Epic of Gilgamesh powerful city state- Ur Jericho - CORRECT ANSWER world's first known city - 8,000 BCE Ancient China - C...

Chapter 20 - The Atlantic World (Spain's overseas empire, Jamestown, Slave Trade, Columbian exchange) Exam 2024 Christopher Columbus -Answer-Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China () colony -Answer-a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland Hernando Cortes -Answer-Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico () Montezuma -Answer-Aztec chieftan; encountered Cortes ...

Maffeo and Niccolo Polo Mid/late 1200s, from Venice, merchant brothers, went to China twice and served Kublai Khan, Niccolo fathered Marco Polo Kublai Khan 1200s, from Mongolia, ruler of Mongol Empire from 1260-1294 and China, curious and interested in the West, had a prosperous empire Marco Polo Mid 1200s to early 1300s, from Venice, merchant/explorer/traveler/author, served in Kublai Khan's court in China, wrote The Travels of Marco Polo, sparked western interest in Asian trade Mansa Mu...

AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 1 (2023/2024) Already Passed Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military. Imperial Bureaucracy Division of an empire into organized provinces to make it easier to control Meritocracy a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement Grand Canal The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers....

Chapter 20 - The Atlantic World (Spain's overseas empire, Jamestown, Slave Trade, Columbian exchange) Exam 2024 Christopher Columbus -Answer-Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China () colony -Answer-a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland Hernando Cortes -Answer-Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico () Montezuma -Answer-Aztec chieftan; encountered Cortes ...