CRSSS TEST STUDY GUIDE WITH
QUESTION AND CORRECT
ANSWERS[ACTUAL 100%
4 reasons any civilization collapses: - CORRECTANSWERSnatural disaster, poor
... [Show More] leadership,
invasion, failed economy, losing trading partners
Columbian exchange: name 4 things that went from
Europe to America? - CORRECT-ANSWERScoffee,
citrus, chicken , cattle
How does geography impact a country (or more
specifically, Costa Rica?) - CORRECTANSWERSthe crops they eat
mountain protection from enemies
things they can make
animals they have for hunting and leather goods
who they can trade with
The ndigenous people of Costa Rica in the 1500s
were politically fragmented and not technologically
advanced! - CORRECT-ANSWERSColumbian
exchange: name 4 things that went from America to
Europe? - CORRECT-ANSWERSpeanuts, pineapple,
potatoes, pumpkins
Cacicazgo: - CORRECT-ANSWERSchieftanship
system
The religion was... - CORRECT-ANSWERSanimistic
(believing in animals, people, and natural phenomena
all had spirits that would damage be gracious)
What were the guns, germs, and steel for the
Spanish Conquistadors? - CORRECTANSWERSadvanced guns and weaponery
steel swords and body armor
their immunity to smallpox that they brought to the
Incas
horses
Why did the Spanish have advanced to steel swords
while Inca's were still making tools and weapons from
bronze? - CORRECT-ANSWERSEurope was close
to the Fertile Crescent, they were able to inherit the
7,000 years of technology that had been developed
there. The Spanish spent their time creating the best
swords possible
How did the battle tactics used by the Spanish
conquistadors help the small army defeat the Inca
army that outnumbered it by the thousands? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSEven though the Spanish
conquistadors were outnumbered, they had the
advantage of surprise and superior weapons. This
included horses and steel weapons
What made the Europeans "accidental conquerers"?
- CORRECT-ANSWERSThey had an immunity to
smallpox that other civilaztions in the Americas didn't
have. They were more advanced in weaponery,
armor, and in taming animals than were other
civilizations. They were originally explorers of the
new world.Encomienda: - CORREC [Show Less]