Latin America History

Hernan Cortes is most famous for which deed?

• conquering the Aztec empire
• becoming mayor of a Cuban town
• starting construction for Mexico City
• becoming friends with Montezuma

Who was the ruler of the Aztec when Cortes arrived in Mexico?

• Atahualpa
• Cortes
• Montezuma
• Pizarro

Which modern country includes land that was part of the Incan empire?

• Brazil
• Panama
• Venezuela
• Peru

Which choice puts the following events in the correct order?
1. Pizarro learns that the Inca emperor is very wealthy.2. The Inca emperor, Atahualpa, is executed.3. Pizarro attacks the Inca emperor.4. The Spanish king allows Pizarro to attack the Inca.

• 1, 3, 2, 4
• 1, 4, 3, 2
• 4, 1, 3, 2
• 4, 3, 2, 1

Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire because he ___________.

• defeated the emperor’s army in battle.
• killed the emperor in an attack on Cusco.
• went back to Spain to get permission to attack.
• surprised the emperor’s army and took the emperor hostage.

Why was Cortes welcomed to the Aztec civilization at first?

• Cortes forced his way in.
• The Aztec thought he was a god.
• Montezuma wanted gold from the Spanish.
• The Aztec wanted to quit sacrificing to the gods.

What were the Spanish explorer-warriors in Latin America called?

• Criollos
• Conquistadors
• Mestizos
• Gauchos

How did a small band of conquistadors defeat the large and well established empires of the Aztec and Inca?

• They had horses and guns.
• They carried diseases the Native Americans weren’t immune to.
• They kidnapped and killed their leaders.
• All of the above

Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World (Americas)?

• slaves from Africa
• settlers that came from Europe
• peasants from Spain and Portugal
• indigenous people of Australia

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• only sending food and people from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)
• only sending animals and plants from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)
• the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from Central and South America to North America
• the moving of animals, plants, people, and diseases from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas) and from the New World to the Old World