God, Glory, & Gold

Compare the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations and explain how prior civilizations influenced their development.

The Maya settled in southern Mexico, by Guatemala. The Aztec started in Mexico close by the Mayans. The Inca were spread out along 2,500 miles of the western coast of what is now South America. The Mayans were ruled by the aristocratic ruling class. Their economy revolved around city-states and developed trade relations. The Inca took on the traditions from ancient civilizations such as the Chavin, Moche, and Nazca. They were very powerful. The Aztec civilization was originally poor, but soon became powerful with ambition.

Explain how the Inca and Aztec empires were impacted by European exploration/colonization.

The Spanish conquered the Inca and Aztec empires. They had an advantage because they had advanced weaponry and they also brought disease that the natives weren't immune to. If the European exploration never occurred there wouldn't be much of an America today and everything that we have that came from Europe wouldn't be here. Europeans brought new crops and new people but along with that they brought death and slavery.

Analyze the causes of European expansion from 1450 to 1750.

European expansion was when the europeans expanded their lands across Latin and Native America.in 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic ocean and discovered the West Indies. In 1519, Magellan sailed around the tip of south America. Two years later in 1521, the Spaniards defeated the Aztecs.then, in the 1940's Spaniards abolished the encomienda system, Pizarro conquered the Incas, and Spanish looked north of mexico for new lands. European expansion was caused by columbus when he sailed from spain, hoping to find Asia for trade. He instead landed in the americas. The good effects were the things they traded and religion. The bad effects were disease, slavery, and wars.

Explain the impact of the Colombian Exchange on the Americas and Europe.

The Colombian Exchange was a global transfer of food plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas. From America to Europe sweet potato, avocado, peppers, peanut and more was exchanged. From Europe to America disease, grape, turnip, livestock, honeybee and more was exchanged. The Colombian exchange made many native americans die due to disease but made the economy increase in Europe. The european exchange led to mercantilism by taking raw goods from the Americas, shipping it to Europe, manufacturing the goods and selling them.

Explain the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa and the Americas.

The Atlantic slave trade was a system of exchanging slaves from Africa to the Americas. The condition of life for these slaves was horrible. It impacted west Africa and the Americas by triggering war and reducing the population in the Americas. The slave trade occurred because the new world lacked work force so they chose africans because they fought diseases, they had experience with agriculture, they were used to hot temperatures, and could be worked very hard. For the Americas, the trade was good because the had lots of people to work for them and their economy went up, while for Africa there was a huge population decrease and made them susceptible to European Imperialism. The Atlantic slave trade wasn't important because society today would be better if there was never slavery.

The advancements in astronomy, mathematics, architecture, and engineering in Maya, Inca and Aztec civilizations is that Mayans had a 365 day calendar, a three symbol count system for math, and towering temples as their architecture. Incas had a 260 day ritual calendar, a quipa and yupanas number system which consists of different knotted strings, and bridges through mountains and deserts. Aztec civilizations had the moon to calculate timing, and based numbers on the number 20, and chinampas architecture. the major ideas in astronomy, mathematics, architectural engineering that developed in Maya, Inca and Aztecs were that astronomy always has something to do with calendars. There would be a solar calendar and a religious calendar. In mathematics, there were symbols that stood for numbers. In architecture, there were usually temples and canals to navigate the empire. The major ideas in all three aspects were major ideas in mathematics was developed by Mayan priests and history. Architecture was developed by need of a religious center, and astronomy was developed by the priests and worshiping of gods.

Summarize the major ideas in astronomy, mathematics, and architectural engineering that developed in the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations.

God, Glory, & Gold

Maddie Lewis, Ben Mason, Necole London, Isaac Hall & Jacolvia Clark

10.6B

10.6A

10.7B

10.7A

10.7C

10.27B

10.7D

Explain the impact of the Ottoman Empire on global trade.

The Ottoman empire had an impact on the global trade as in keeping Europe from a souce of land, silk, and Indian spices.The empire took many territories and culture that has lasted until present day, like the Muslims in Eastern Europe and Bosnia. The Ottoman empire influenced different European trade routes because they blocked off European access to Asia on land.The empire was successful in the European expansion, because without them, Europe would have needed to go by water to Asia.