Spain builds an empire

Cortes and men that followed him were conquistadors who were searching for

• Gold

• Gold and silver

• plants and animals

Spanish were the 1st European

settlers in the Americas.

• Flase

• True

Inca was a conquering empire which

had many warriors

• True

• False

Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztecs while.......was the capital of the Incas.

• Peru

• New Mexico

• Cusco

Spaniard is..

• a native or inhabitant of Spain, or a person of Spanish descent.

• Spanish prisoner

• a native American

A conquistador is...........

• explorer

• a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru

• Spanish slaves

Cortés also sought help from enemies of the Aztec, so ....helped him conquer the Aztecs.

• Pocahontas

• Malintzin

• Sacajawea

Moctezum was convinced that Cortes was a ......

Cortés then took Moctezuma prisoner and seized

control of Tenochtitlan.

• noble

• king

• god

............and other diseases brought by the Spanish

quickened the fall of the Aztec Empire.

• chickenpox

• black death

• smallpox

Pizarro had fewer than..... men in his army.

• 500

• 700

• 400