1. Central and South America had amazing _________________ cultures.
2. The ________________ civilization developed Central America on the
Yucatán Peninsula.
3. Among the most famous of the indigenous people of Central and South
America were the ________________ and the _________________.
4. The __________________ Empire was centered in what is now Mexico. Its
capital city, Tenochitlán, was built on an island in a lake where
_______________ City is today.
5. Further south along the western coast of South America, the _______________
Empire developed in the Andes Mountains.
6. This event started an ________________ between the Old World (Europe) and
the New World (the Americas). This _________________
_________________ included goods, people, ideas, plants, animals, and
diseases.
7. As the Spanish and the Portuguese spread their empires, the indigenous
populations began to _________________. _______________ was a big part of
this decline—killing an estimated 50 to 75 percent of the population.
8. In order to meet the demand for goods to be sent back to Europe, the Europeans
transported ___________________ to the New World as enslaved servants to
work in mines and on plantations and to do other jobs against their will.
9. _________________ and _________________ found by conquistadors
(conquerors) made Spain and Portugal wealthy. The wealth also made the
countries ___________________.