Conquest Of Americas

1. Tenochtitlan was capital of what

Inca Empire

Aztec Empire

Mayas

Tainos

2. In what year did Cortes land in in Mexico?

1492

1519

1609

1620

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

True

False

4. Incas were conquered by

Columbus

Amerigo Vespucci

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Pizarro

5. The highest class in Inca society were...

The knights and barons

Rulers and religious leaders

Catholic priests

Spanish conquistadors

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

1492

1519

1531

1609

7. What was the capital of the Inca Empire?

Tenochtitlan

Cuzco

Lima

Mexico City

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9. What mountain were home to most of the Inca Empire?

The Appalachian Mountains

The Alps

The Andes

The Rocky Mountains

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

Brazil

Bolivia

Chile

Peru

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

The most technically advanced country

One of the wealthiest in gold

Was the poorest country

12. Who ruled the Northern part of the Inca?

Wayna Capac

Atahualpa

Moctezuma

Huascar

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

Spain

Portugal

England

Hernan Cortes

Fransisco Pizarro

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15. Incas used money to pay for goods and services.

False

True

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

Peru

New Spain

La Florida

New Mexico

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

True

False

18. 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

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

Criollos

Mestizos

Mulatos

Peninsulares

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22. Smallpox enetered Inca Empire from

Cuba

Mexico

US

Hispaniola

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24. 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

25. 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

26. The conquistador who first landed in Florida was

Hernan Cortes

Fracisco Pizarro

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Juan Ponce de Leon

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28. How many people lived in Tenochtitlan by 1500?

More than 200,000

About one million

20,000

Number not known

29. Incas paid taxes by

Giving gold to rulers

Using paper notes and quipus

Providing services - building roads, digging canals etc.

Fighting wars

30. 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

31. Incas used gold as money

True

False

32. La Florida in Spanish means

Fountain of Youth

Place of flowers

Goddess Flora

State of Florida

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34. 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

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

Texas

New Mexico

Arizona

Alaska

California

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Conquest Of Americas

1. Tenochtitlan was capital of what

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. In what year did Cortes land in in Mexico?

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

4. Incas were conquered by

5. The highest class in Inca society were...

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

7. What was the capital of the Inca Empire?

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

9. What mountain were home to most of the Inca Empire?

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

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

12. Who ruled the Northern part of the Inca?

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

14. New Spain's ruler's title was the

15. Incas used money to pay for goods and services.

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

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

18. Atahualpa

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

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

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

22. Smallpox enetered Inca Empire from

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

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

25. Quipus are...

26. The conquistador who first landed in Florida was

27. Columbus left Spain with these three ships

28. How many people lived in Tenochtitlan by 1500?

29. Incas paid taxes by

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

31. Incas used gold as money

32. La Florida in Spanish means

33. Spaniards from Spain in New Spain were called ...

34. Bartolome de Las Casas wrote that Native Americans

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