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  • What G in the motivations that represent the spreading of Christianity?
    God
  • The farming methods used by the Aztecs ,either used plots or floating gardens
    Chinampas
  • What was the main crop grown in the Incan Empire?
    Potato
  • Aztecs large stone structures used for Religious Practices
    Temples / Pyramids
  • The religion that Europeans used to convert natives in the Americas
    Christianity
  • Where was the Aztec Empire primarily located?
    Mexico
  • What agricultural technique did the Incas use to grow crops in the mountains?
    Terracing / Farm Terraces
  • Who was the leader of the Spanish conquistadors that conquered the Inca Empire?
    Francisco Pizzaro
  • This is a belief in many gods
    polytheism
  • Spanish conquistador led the expedition that defeated the Aztecs
    Hernán Cortés
  • How did Moctezuma II viewed Hernán Cortés ?
    as god
  • What are the 4 European Countries that were competing for powers during the Age of Explorations?
    Spain, Portugal, France and England
  • The farming methods used by the Incas
    farming terraces
  • What are the 3G's that summarizes the motivations for Europeans to explore the Americas
    Gold, Glory, God
  • Where was the Inca Empire primarily located at present?
    Peru
  • What was the main reason the Aztecs practiced human sacrifice?
    To please their gods / to ask for rain or sunlight for good harvest /  to have their prayers be granted / to honor their gods
  • Why did the Spanish want to explore the Americas?
    To find gold and resources or to spread Christianity or to get more lands or put more colonies
  • Age of Exploration is also known as
    Age of Discovery
  • people who occupied in the bottom part of the social structures of the American empires
    farmers / workers
  • What were the primary crop grown by the Aztecs, Incans and Mayans?
    Maize (corn), and potatoes
  • What kind of resources that Europeans got interested with the Americas that gave them so much wealth?
    gold, silver
  • the ruler of an empire
    Emperor
  • Other term for legacy
    lasting effects / enduring influences
  • The edges of the Europeans why they easily conquered the Natives
    horses, gunpowder, steel weapons, diseases
  • Which disease, brought by Europeans, contributed to the fall of the Inca Empire?
    smallpox
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