The Aztecs and Incas (Chapter 15)

The letter A on the map indicates the empire of which of the following Meso-American civilizations?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Inuits

• Cherokee

The letter C on the map indicates the empire of which of the following South American civilization?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Inuits

• Cherokees

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

• Sailors

• slaves

• Conquistadors

• Monarchs

Capital of the Aztec Empire... It was in modern day Mexico City.

• Tenochtitlan
• Cuzco
• Havana
• Guadalupe

Capital of the Inca empire. Located in present day Peru.

• Tenochtitlan
• Cuzco
• Nunavut
• Guadalupe

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco de Gama

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca

• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama

How was such a small army of Spanish conquistadors able to conquer such large Aztec and Inca empire?

• Spaniards were armed with guns, armor, horses and diseases that helped wipe out the indigenous population
• The Aztec and Inca people joined the Spaniards so they wouldn't get killed or enslaved
• Spaniards poisoned the Aztec and Inca
• The many gods the Aztec and Inca had, put a curse on them but blessed the Spanish

Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro were explorers from which European nation?

• Spain
• Italy
• Portugal
• France

Many of the conquistadors were from which two European countries? *Hint: The two nations that had the biggest impact on the language of Central and South America.

• Spain and Portugal

• France and Spain

• Portugal and Germany

• Great Britain and Spain