9/10/2020 Hernan Cortes

Which explorer inspired Cortes to travel to the New World?

• Velazquez

• Pizarro

• Columbus

• Ponce de Leon

What caused Velasquez to change his mind about sending Cortes on an expedition to Mexico?

• He thought Cortes would become too powerful

• Cortes betrayed him and had him put in jail

• He received work from the King saying he did not trust Cortes

• He betrayed the King's loyalty

Some people have said La Malinche was a traitor to the Aztecs. Why do you think they would say this?

• She helped Cortes trick Montezuma II into meeting

• She helped Cortes defeat the Aztecs by translating for them

• She helped Cortes fight against the Aztecs

• She had a child with Cortes

How did Cortes use other tribes to defeat the Aztecs?

• He forced them to fight for them

• He paid them to fight for him

• He allied with them against the Aztecs

• He gave them treasures

Which of the following best describes Cortes' later life?

• He was a hero in Spain

• He remained the governor of Mexico until his death

• He moved back to Spain, where he was well received

• He fell out of favor with the king and died resentful

Who was the Aztec emperor eventually killed by the Spanish?

• Nahuatl

• Tenochtitlan

• Montezuma II

• Velazquez

Cortes originally lived on this island in the New World

• California

• Hispaniola

• La Malinche

• Puerto Rico

Aztec capital, renamed Mexico City by Cortes?

• Tenochtitlan

• California

• Hispaniola

• Cuba

What was the name of the tribe who allied with Cortes to help defeat the Aztecs?

• Tlaxcala

• Navajo

• Nahuatl

• Velazquez

Which state in America did Cortes discover?