Quizizz #6

Which word best describes how the conquistadors treated the people they conquered?

• fairly

• cruelly

• generously

• indifferently

Why did the conquistadors bring priests with them to the Americas?

• To help the Spaniards hold religious services

• To perform weddings between Spanish soldiers and native women

• To teach the Spanish soldiers about Christianity

• To convert the native peoples to Christianity

Encomiendas were most similar to:

• Slave plantations in the old American South

• Large factory farms in the American Midwest

• Collective farms in the old Soviet Union

• Rice paddies in Southeast Asia

Why did smallpox kill so many of the natives in the Americas, but so few conquistadors?

• The conquistadors had been vaccinated against smallpox

• The natives had never been exposed to European diseases

• The natives had poor hygiene, while the Spanish were very clean

• The smallpox virus was designed to only infect native populations

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

__________________ is a term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers of the Spanish and Portugal.

• Sailors
• Penal colonies
• Conquistadors
• Monarchs

Conquistadors were interested in the "3 G's"- God, Glory and...

• Gospel

• Gold

• Gloom

• Greatness

A Viceroy is a...

• a slave

• an Aztec

• a French citizen

• an official who rules in the name of the king or queen