1.) What was NOT one of the Maya’s accomplishments?
Calendar
Alphabet
Pyramids
Numbers
2.) In what occupation did the Maya engage?
Farming
Trading
Basketweaving
Bricklaying
3.) How did the Aztecs enlarge space for crops?
Cut down forests
Introduced irrigation
Made chinampas
Tore down abandoned houses
4.) How did the Aztec civilization end?
They feasted to often and became lazy
A great famine wiped out their civilization
The Aztecs needed change and decided to move
Hernando Cortes and the Spaniards conquered them
5.) How was the large Inca empire held together?
System of roads
Waterways
Bonds between families
Moderate Climate
6.) How did the Inca civilization end?
Conquered by Spaniards
Civil Conflict
Conquered by Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish
They ran out of gold
7.) What does the word Renaissance literally mean?
different life
rebirth
A new age
knights
8.) Where did the Renaissance originate?
England
France
Scotland
Italy
9.) Why was the Renaissance an age of expression?
People felt suppressed
People wanted to express their individual ideas − through art, literature, politics, etc.
People were very concerned with impressing others
People liked to make funny faces at each other
10.) The invention of the printing press is associated with which country?
germany
sweeden
China
Nigeria
Calendar
Alphabet
Pyramids
Numbers
2.) In what occupation did the Maya engage?
Farming
Trading
Basketweaving
Bricklaying
3.) How did the Aztecs enlarge space for crops?
Cut down forests
Introduced irrigation
Made chinampas
Tore down abandoned houses
4.) How did the Aztec civilization end?
They feasted to often and became lazy
A great famine wiped out their civilization
The Aztecs needed change and decided to move
Hernando Cortes and the Spaniards conquered them
5.) How was the large Inca empire held together?
System of roads
Waterways
Bonds between families
Moderate Climate
6.) How did the Inca civilization end?
Conquered by Spaniards
Civil Conflict
Conquered by Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish
They ran out of gold
7.) What does the word Renaissance literally mean?
different life
rebirth
A new age
knights
8.) Where did the Renaissance originate?
England
France
Scotland
Italy
9.) Why was the Renaissance an age of expression?
People felt suppressed
People wanted to express their individual ideas − through art, literature, politics, etc.
People were very concerned with impressing others
People liked to make funny faces at each other
10.) The invention of the printing press is associated with which country?
germany
sweeden
China
Nigeria