11.2 Age of Exploration and Trade

European diseases killed more Aztec people than Spanish weapons.

• True

• False

Montezuma II first believed that Cortes was Quetzalcoatl returning to reclaim Mexico.

• True

• False

Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered a golden empire in Panama.

• True

• False

Atahualpa, the Inca ruler, honored the Spanish request that he give up his Gods.

• True

• False

Spain became the world's first global empire.

• True

• False

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec

• allies

• Aztec

• Hernan Cortes

• smallpox

• Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca in South America

• allies

• Aztec

• Hernan Cortes

• smallpox

• Francisco Pizarro

those who support one another for some common purpose

• allies

• Aztec

• Hernan Cortes

• smallpox

• Francisco Pizarro

a powerful Native American empire in what is now called Mexico

• allies

• Aztec

• Hernan Cortes

• smallpox

• Francisco Pizarro

a disease that causes a high fever and often death

• allies

• Aztec

• Hernan Cortes

• smallpox

• Francisco Pizarro