EDUC 703-Atlantic World-Chapters 4-7 Questions and Answers
EDUC 703-Atlantic World-Chapters 4-7 Questions and Answers Leo Africanus ANSWER Moroccan captured by pirates and given to Pop Leo X who converted him to a Christian and sent him to Africa to gather accounts; published his book in 1526; traveled through Toure's Songhai kingdom; was impressed by Timbuktu, economic growth; food supply; food trade from southern Savanna to Timbuktu Aztecs (Mexica) ANSWER Native population in what is considered modern day mexico. They were destroyed by the Spaniards. Chavin culture ANSWER First civilization of the Andes Mountains in Peru. Important for the domestication of camelids and successfully cultivated several crops (with the help of their advanced irrigation system). Copernicus () ANSWER transferred Ptolemaic model to a heliocentric (sun-centered, aka solar system) model. Famous work is: On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres. Believed that God wouldn't create a chaotic system. Though his system was just as inaccurate as Ptolemy's, he provided future scientists with a new way of addressing the problems of Ptolemy's system. Ideograph ANSWER a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea Inca Empire ANSWER The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak from 1438 until 1532 Mesoamerica ANSWER "Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America
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