CRSS Test Study Guide with Complete Solutions

CRSS Test Study Guide with Complete Solutions 4 reasons any civilization collapses: - Answer️️ -natural disaster, poor leadership, invasion, failed economy, losing trading partners Columbian exchange: name 4 things that went from Europe to America? - Answer️️ -coffee, citrus, chicken , cattle Columbian exchange: name 4 things that went from America to Europe? - Answer️️ -peanuts, pineapple, potatoes, pumpkins How does geography impact a country (or more specifically, Costa Rica?) - Answer️️ -the 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! - Answer️️ - Cacicazgo: - Answer️️ -chieftanship system The religion was... - Answer️️ -animistic (believing in animals, people, and natural phenomena all had spirits that would damage be gracious) ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Saturday, August 24, 2024 8:52 AM 2 What were the guns, germs, and steel for the Spanish Conquistadors? - Answer️️ -advanced 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? - Answer️️ -Europe 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? - Answer️️ -Even 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"? - Answer️️ -They 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. Indigenous groups in Central America and Costa Rica were politically fragmented! - Answer️️ - ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Saturday, August 24, 2024 8:52 AM 3 Encomienda: - Answer️️ -A kind of serfdom that obliged native people to provide free labor and goods to their encomendero. Ecomenderos: - Answer️️ -were the owners of these encomiendas and were obliged to convert their encomiendas to Christianity. Export: - Answer️️ -send (goods or services) to another country for sale Import: - Answer️️ -bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale What goods were exported from Costa Rica? (s) - Answer️️ - corn, honey, salt, beans, corn biscuits, garlic, and chickens What goods did Costa Rica import? (s) - Answer️️ -textiles (clothes and fabrics), plates, cutlery, tools, and a range of luxury items. Manufactured items. In Costa Rica, what are their today's top export? - Answer️️ -coffee and bananas What was the "camino real"? - Answer️️ -the overland route of trade and communication that traversed the arduous terrain between Nicaragua and Cartago, passing through Guanacaste and Esparza. It first opened in 1601. Explain the development of the economy in the Pacific Northwest between the s? - Answer️️ -The Pacific Northwest's abundant hardwoods made and shipyards caused a demand in foodstuffs, skilled labor, fabrics ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Saturday, August 24, 2024 8:52 AM 4 for sail making, and fiber for ropes and ringing. The consumption of these items helped the Pacific Northeast to commerce. Explain the four cycles of the Costa Rican economy from - Answer️️ -exporting mules, free-range cattle, cacao, fruits How did the economy of mules decline? - Answer️️ -replaced by caravans and competition from neighboring countries How did the economy of free-range cattle decline? - Answer️️ -the people of the area sacrificed cattle in large numbers and this unregulation of slaughter threatened the very existence of these wild herds How did the economy of cacao decline? - Answer️️ -due to taxes imposed by the Crown, an absence of appropriate roads and ports, but most importantly for Costa Rica, it was the competition from o