Age of DIscovery

What were spices used for ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Flavor
• Preserve food
• status symbol
• Medicine
• deordeant
• Tea
• to paint

Marco Polo did the following EXCEPT

• Explore Asia

• Create a trade monopoly with Kublai Khan

• Wrote a book inspiring other explorers

• Swim

(a)   Blocked the silk road trade with Europe after their conquest of Constantinople

This was a hemispheric swap of plants, animals and diseases

• The Columbian exchange

• The Stock exchange

• Christopher Columbus

• The Spice trade

(a)   kiled 50-90% of the native populations in the the Americas

The Olmecs are Known for ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Ball Courts
• Big head statues
• agriculture and time keeping
• Tenochtitlan
• Founding Mexico

The Conquistadors were motived by these three

• God

• Glory

• Gold

• Gray matter

What purpose did chinampas serve

• Maximize output of Fruits and Veggies

• Minimize out of fruits and veggies

• To build pyramids

• to serve their gods

The Inca of Peru are known for (a)  

What did the ecomienda system do

• Forced the natives to work the land and mines

• import African slaves

• Help fight the Napoleonic wars

• Find gold