Explanation:
Aztec, Inca, and the Columbian Exchange:
1. Location of the Aztec Empire – Mexico
2. Describe the Aztec Religion. – Worshipped many gods and sacrificed animal and people to their gods.
3. Describe the location of the Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan. – In the middle of Lake Texcoco.
4. Why would Tenochtitlan be considered difficult to conquer by an outside force? Being located in the middle of a lake
made it difficult for the enemy to get to.
5. How was Cortes able to defeat a civilization of several hundred thousand? They had advanced weapons (guns, cannons,
steel swords) horses, and disease.
6. Describe Montezuma and Cortés’s first meeting. – Montezuma thought that Cortes was a god that had returned. He gave
Cortes gold and welcomed him to the city.
7. Explain the horse’s role in the Spanish conquest. – Since the Aztec had never seen a horse, they thought that a man on a
horse was a god-like creature.
8. What was the Spanish purpose for exploration? (The 3 G’s) Gold, God (spread Christianity), and Glory
9. What happened to Tenochtitlan after the Aztec Empire fell? – The Spanish burned it to the ground and built Mexico City.
10. Describe the Aztec farming system (name it) - They farmed maize, squash, avocados, beans, and tomatoes on floating
gardens called chinampas.
11. Location of the Inca – In the Andes Mountain of Peru, parts of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile.
12. Describe Pizarro and Atahualpa’s first meeting. - They were invited to a feast where the Inca were ambushed, and
Atahualpa was captured.
13. Explain Atahualpa’s negotiations for release and the results. - Atahualpa offered Pizarro a room full of gold for his
release. Pizarro took the gold and killed Atahualpa.
14. Describe the Inca farming system (name it) The Inca used a terrace system of farming (or built steps into the mountain
to create flat land).
15. Columbian Exchange – The exchange of goods, ideas, and disease between the old world and new worl