Conquest Of Americas

In what year did Cortes land in in Mexico?

• 1492

• 1519

• 1609

• 1620

Gold and silver did not have any role in the Inca society

• True

• False

Incas were conquered by

• Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

The highest class in Inca society were...

• The knights and barons

• Rulers and religious leaders

• Catholic priests

• Spanish conquistadors

Pizarro landed on the west coast of South America in what year?

• 1492

• 1519

• 1531

• 1609

What was the capital of the Inca Empire?

• Tenochtitlan

• Cuzco

• Lima

• Mexico City

What was the name of the Aztec ruler? (do not include numerals)

What mountain were home to most of the Inca Empire?

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Alps

• The Andes

• The Rocky Mountains

What country is now where most of Inca Empire had been?

• Brazil

• Bolivia

• Chile

• Peru

The Inca Empire was ... ... in the world.

• The most technically advanced country

• One of the wealthiest in gold

• Was the poorest country

Who ruled the Northern part of the Inca?

• Wayna Capac

• Atahualpa

• Moctezuma

• Huascar

From what country a man who conquered Aztecs arrived and what was his name?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• Hernan Cortes

• Fransisco Pizarro

New Spain's ruler's title was the

Incas used money to pay for goods and services.

• False

• True

Mexico and most of Central America in mid-1500 were called

• Peru

• New Spain

• La Florida

• New Mexico

At the time of Pizarro's arrival, the Inca Empire was flourishing and did not have any problems

• True

• False

Atahualpa

• Was helped by Pizarro to win the civil war against his brother Huascar

• Became Pizarro's friend and ally

• Was dishonestly killed by Pizarro

• Defeated Pizarro's soldiers

What was the profession of Bartolome de Las Casas? He was a ...

People who were born to mixed families of Spanish and Native American parents were called...

• Criollos

• Mestizos

• Mulatos

• Peninsulares

Other than military power, what helped Cortes to defeat Aztecs?

Smallpox enetered Inca Empire from

• Cuba

• Mexico

• US

• Hispaniola

How did the conquistadors treat Native Americans? As...

By the middle of 1500 these groups of people formed in the Spanish parts of Americas

• Native Americans and English settlers

• Africans and Native Americans

• Spanish Peninsulares and English settlers

• Native Americans, Africans and Spanish

Quipus are...

• Inca coins

• Letters of Inca alphabet

• Inca instrument for writing letters

• Multi-colores strings with knots used to keep records and send messages

The conquistador who first landed in Florida was

• Hernan Cortes

• Fracisco Pizarro

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Columbus left Spain with these three ships

How many people lived in Tenochtitlan by 1500?

• More than 200,000

• About one million

• 20,000

• Number not known

Incas paid taxes by

• Giving gold to rulers

• Using paper notes and quipus

• Providing services - building roads, digging canals etc.

• Fighting wars

Pizarro's soldiers did not hope to survive because...

• They were sich with smallpox

• There were only 180 soldiers

• They did not have guns

• Incas were ready to fight them and they were not

Incas used gold as money

• True

• False

La Florida in Spanish means

• Fountain of Youth

• Place of flowers

• Goddess Flora

• State of Florida

Spaniards from Spain in New Spain were called ...

Bartolome de Las Casas wrote that Native Americans

• Were indeed savage cavemen

• Have shown themselves to be wise peoples

• Were dangerous killers and deserved to be killed

• Were dying of smallpox and spreading the disease to the Spaniards

By early 1800 New Spain controlled what is now... (select all that applies)

• Texas

• New Mexico

• Arizona

• Alaska

• California