The
culminating test for the Spanish Aztec unit will be on Thursday, March 22nd. It
will involve the following sections:
Section 1:
Multiple choice/short answer
Terms
explored in Our Worldviews Textbook that you need to be familiar with:
o Expansionism
o Cartography
o Circumnavigate
o Astrolabe
o Carrack
o Reconquista
o Conquistadors
o Spanish Inquisition
o Quetzalcoatl
o Chinampas
o Nomadic
o Plateau
o Incarnation
o Worldview
People you
should know the historical significance of:
o Christopher Columbus
o Henry the Navigator
o King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
o Hernan Cortes
o Moors
o The Toltec
o Itzcoatl
o Montezuma
Places you
should know the historical significance of and be able to label on a map:
o Iberian Peninsula
o Kingdoms of Castile and Leon, and Aragon
o Meseta Central Plateau Spain
o Mediterranean Sea
o Atlantic Ocean
o Pyrenees
o Cordoba
o Teotihuacan
o Tlaxcala
o Tenochitlan
o Lake Texcoco
o Valley of Mexico
o Sierra Madre Oriental
o Sierra Madre Occidental
Important
dates you should know the historical significance of:
o 1428
o 1479
o 1492
o 1519
Section 2:
Image analysis and connection to worldview
In this
section you will be given a series of images and will be asked to make
connections as to what the image can tell us about the worldview of the Spanish
or the Aztecs. These images will speak to the questions:
1. What were the key elements of the
Aztec worldview prior to contact with the Spanish?
2. How
did the history of Spain affect its worldview?
Draw on your
clues for identifying worldview document and this What is worldview powerpoint to help you make
connections between images and the following seven elements of worldview:
· View of human nature
· View of the good life
· Equality with others
· Responsibilities to others
· Relationship between the
individual and the state
· Relationship of humans with
nature
· Sources of ethical wisdom
Section 3:
Longer answer questions
In this
section ensure you are able to respond to the following list of questions. You
will be marked based on a SES rubric assessing your ability to state, explain,
and support your argument with specific supporting details and facts. To
achieve this draw on your notes from the various documentaries we have watched
along with in class lectures and class discussions.
1. How did geography influence the
societies of the Aztec and the Spanish?
2. How did the history of Spain
influence the desire for the Spanish Monarchy to expand their Empire?
3. How did contact with the Moors
and knowledge of the Toltec influence the Spanish and the Aztec?
4. In what ways did factors such as
technology and disease contribute to the dominance of the Spanish over the
Aztec civilization?
5. In what ways did the geographic
location and historical experiences of the Spanish lead to their
dominance over the Aztecs?
