Social 8 Unit 2 Part B

The Roman Catholic Church was not successful in converting indigenous peoples to their religion because many adopted Christian saints as additions to their many gods.

• True

• False

Archeologists have not been able to find any remains of Aztec buildings because the Spanish completely destroyed the cities and built their own structures.

• True

• False

The Tlaxcalans surrendered to the Spanish and helped to defeat the Aztecs.

• True

• False

The Spanish said that the beauty of Tenochtitlan could be compared to that of Venice, despite their demolition of the city.

• True

• False

The Spanish believed they were

• inferior to other nations and needed to acquire more power

• superior and needed to save the Aztec from themselves

• superior and had a right to imperialism

• superior and needed to spread their religion around the world

Moctezuma sent gifts to the Spanish explorers because he hoped to

• convince them to stay

• see if Cortes really was a god

• appeal to their greed

• be given gifts in return

Moctezuma welcomed Cortes into the city despite being unsure whether he was a god because

• Cortes had given gifts to Moctezuma

• he had taken over many other states

• Moctezuma hoped to gain knowledge of European technology

• he wanted to lure Cortes into a trap

The Spanish believed that the gods had sacrificed themselves for mankind and that the sun was nourished with the blood of human hearts. This belief led them to sacrifice many prisoners at their temples.

• True

• False

Most of the people in Spain were Roman Catholics because Jewish people and Muslims were driven from Spain in 1492.

• True

• False

A society’s way of life includes three elements of worldview: social systems, economic and political systems and

• government

• culture

• family

• employment