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 * The Americas (Chapter 16) **

7) What was the name of the first Native American tribe with whom Columbus came into contact?
The Taino (Cassidy Harrison)

8) What Spaniard "discovered" the Pacific Ocean? What happened to him?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa. He was falsely charged w/ treason & beheaded. ((=TyAnna Floyd =))

10) What Spaniard conquered the Inca Empire in Peru? How did he achieve this unlikely feat?
==Francisco Pizarro. He achieved this by having inside knowledge of the indians, having experience fighting the indians, and by capturing the emperor, Atahualpa, and forcing him to stop fighting but he then ended up killing the emperor anyway and then was named governor of Peru by the Spanish government. (Cassidy Harrison)==

The Mayas & Aztecs would take captives b/c they would use the people that were captured as ritual sacrifices to the gods. (Cassidy Harrison)
**Also they would run out of captives they would use to sacrifice, so they would abduct more captives in war. (Emmie B.)**

15) Who was Hernan Cortes? What factors or events made him notable?
==Hernan Cortes was a poor noble who became a conquistador & led conquest in America. The factors that made him notable were his courage, his skills in battle, and his wisdom as a leader. (Cassidy Harrison)== == 16) What kept the Aztecs from attacking the Spanish right away? The thing that kept the Aztecs from attacking the Spanish right off was that the emperor thought that Cortes was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl returning home. (Cassidy Harrison)==

18) What did the Mayan city-states look like?
==The city-states were located in the Peten, it had swamps & sinkholes that provided the Mayans w/ a year-round water source. Due to the region it took an organized culture to cultivate itleading to an organized government. (Cassidy Harrison)==

24) What mistakes did Atahualpa make in dealing with the Spaniards__//** ? **//__
==He left his army, brought only 5,000 men for protection, & had his men weaponless. They killed him w/him begging and telling them that he would give them gold but that didint work .(TyAnna F) == ==25) What was Columbus' original goal in his original voyage? How did this change due to the results of his first voyage? == ==__Columbus's original goal was to find a trade route to Asia without having to go through Muslim kingdoms. He landed on the island of Hispaniola, found gold, & then wanted to have a voyage w/ the goal of conquest. (TyAnna F.) __==

The architecture of the indian buildings was unique & very detailed. (Cassidy Harrison)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS :) (PDESHAZO) **Learning about the Aztec and Incan cultures ! ( Emmie B.)**

29) What did subjects the Maya study?
==Math, astronomy, and writing (Cassidy Harrison) They LOved learing math,&astronomy too.(TyAnna F.) ==