Overview of the Spanish conquista in Americas
1492
1519
1609
1620
True
False
Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
The knights and barons
Rulers and religious leaders
Catholic priests
Spanish conquistadors
1492
1519
1531
1609
Tenochtitlan
Cuzco
Lima
Mexico City
The Appalachian Mountains
The Alps
The Andes
The Rocky Mountains
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
The most technically advanced country
One of the wealthiest in gold
Was the poorest country
Wayna Capac
Atahualpa
Moctezuma
Huascar
Spain
Portugal
England
Hernan Cortes
Fransisco Pizarro
False
True
Peru
New Spain
La Florida
New Mexico
True
False
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
Criollos
Mestizos
Mulatos
Peninsulares
Cuba
Mexico
US
Hispaniola
Native Americans and English settlers
Africans and Native Americans
Spanish Peninsulares and English settlers
Native Americans, Africans and Spanish
Inca coins
Letters of Inca alphabet
Inca instrument for writing letters
Multi-colores strings with knots used to keep records and send messages
Hernan Cortes
Fracisco Pizarro
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Juan Ponce de Leon
More than 200,000
About one million
20,000
Number not known
Giving gold to rulers
Using paper notes and quipus
Providing services - building roads, digging canals etc.
Fighting wars
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
True
False
Fountain of Youth
Place of flowers
Goddess Flora
State of Florida
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
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Alaska
California
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