Spains Empire in the Americas

The Spanish explorers who sailed to America in the years after Columbus’s voyages in search of gold and silver were known as what?

• Nobles

• Pirates

• Conquistadors

• Privateers

Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons the Spanish were able to succeed in conquering the Natives?

• They brought diseases (smallpox) to the New World that killed thousands of Native People

• They had superior weapons and military supplies

• It was God's Will that they conquered the Natives

• They had Native Allies that helped them to conquer other rival Native people.

What was the name of the capital city of the Aztec Empire?

• Machu Pichu

• Lima

• Tenochtitlan

• Cairo

Who was the man who conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando Cortes

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Who was the Aztec emperor?

• Jael Boaz

• Montezuma

• Marmeza

• Oltaca

Who was the man who conquered the Incan Empire?

• Hernando Cortes

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Christopher Columbus

What was the brutal system on slavery known as that the Spanish used on the Pueblo Indians?

• Encomienda System

• Plantation System

• Indian Death System

• Cordova System

What was the oldest European founded colony in America (It was founded by the Spanish)

• St. Augustine

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Boston

Who was the man that discovered Florida?

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

Who was the Spanish religious leader that led a rebellion against the Spanish which resulted in the Pueblos regaining New Mexico for 14 years?

• Squanto

• Red Hawk

• The Prophet

• Pope