Quiz #17: p. 472-476

The capital of the Aztec Empire was

• Malinche

• Mexico City

• Tenochtitlan

• Vera Cruz

Emperor of the Aztec Empire as

• Moctezuma

• Atethulpa

• Taino

• Queztelcoatyl

The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs was

• Hernado Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

• Hernado de Soto

How did the Taino offend the Spanish?

• they refused to share their goods with them

• they felt they were superior to them

• they did not pay proper respect to their Christian symbols

• they refused to trade with them

With whom did Cortes arrange alliances with?

• the Taino

• the Aztecs

• the enemies of the Aztecs

• the Incas

What was the attitude of the Spanish towards the Aztec religion?

• they did not like it and tried to convert the Aztecs to Christianity

• they respected it and allowed the Aztecs to practice their religion

• they did not care about it

• they allowed it to continue because it was similar to Christianity

Francisco Pizarro was the conquistador who defeated

• Cortes

• the Mayans

• the Incas

• the Taino

What was one way in which Native Americans resisted the Spanish conquest of South America?

• they made an alliance with England

• they successfully defeated the Spanish

• they preserved many aspects of their own culture

• they fled South America and migrated to North America

When Columbus first arrived in the Americas, he encountered

• the Tainos

• the Cherokee

• the Incas

• the Mayans