Conquistadors

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

• Fairly

• Cruelly

• Generously

• Indifferently

Which European was the first to arrive in the Americas?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

Why did the king of Spain want so much gold and land?

• He wanted to make the conquistadors rich and powerful

• He wanted to build expensive new palaces

• He wanted to impress female suitors

• He wanted to dominate other European empires

Why would 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

If a Native American society refused to convert to Christianity, what would usually happen to them?

• They'd be allowed to worship their traditional gods

• They'd be destroyed

• They'd be forced to attend religious education classes

• They'd be allowed to convert to Judaism instead

Which of the following items did Europeans have, and Native Americans lack?

• Horses

• Kings

• Religion

• Weapons

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 poor hygiene, while the Spanish were very clean

• The smallpox virus was designed to only infect native populations

• The natives had never been exposed to European diseases

Why do so many people in Latin America speak Spanish or Portuguese?

• They are subjects of the kings of Spain and Portugal

• Their countries were once Spanish or Portuguese colonies

• They are descended from Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors

• They are immigrants from Spain and Portugal

Encomiendas were most similar to:

• a. Slave plantations in the old American South

• b. Large factory farms in the American Midwest

• c. Collective farms in the old Soviet Union

• d. Rice paddies in Southeast Asia

By the end of the 19th century, most Latin American countries were:

• Still under Spanish control

• Conquered by Portugal

• Independent from Spain

• No longer Spanish-speaking