History of Mexico Review Quiz

1.

What is the meaning of Prehispanic Period?

• A group of people that live working the land

• A group of people living on The North of Brazil

• Relating to, or being the time after the Spanish conquest in the western hemisphere.

• Relating to, or being the time prior to the Spanish conquests in the western hemisphere.

2.

Mention 3 of the most important pre-hispanic civilizations.

• Toltec,Inca,Purepecha

• Purepecha,Maya,Aztec

• Inca, Maya,Olmec,Izapa

• Olmec,Maya,Aztec

3.

Which one is called the mother culture?

• The Olmec

• The Maya

• The Aztec

• The Inca

4.

What is The Conquest of Mexico?

• When Hernan Cortez traveled to Europe

• Was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of Africa and Asia

• Was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

• None of the ones mentioned above

5.

Moctezuma was The Emperor at the time when Cortez arrived to Tenochtitlan.

• True

• False

6.

Describe what Viceroyalty was in the New Spain.

• Most of the Caribbean Islands

• A government in the name of the Spanish Crown

• The Encomienda System

• The territory that the Spanish conquered

7.

Who was the First Viceroy in New Spain?

• Antonio de Pacheco y Mendoza

• Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco

• Agustin Mendoza

8.

What were the principal occupations in the early years of the New Spain ?

• Mining and Ranching

• Farming and Ranching

• Agriculture and Mining

9.

Which was the capital of The New Spain?

• Zacatecas

• Puebla

• Mexico City

• Taxco

10.

Mention some of the cultural contributions in the process of colonization.

• Language, Food, Dress and Religion

• Interbreeding or Miscegenation

• Religion and Interbreeding