Aztecs and Incas

Spanish soldiers during the Age of Exploration were called

• conquérant

• conquistador

• Zhēngfú zhě

• victoris

Hernan Cortes was specifically looking for _________ in Mexico.

• spices

• silk

• trade route

• gold

The Aztec emperor was __________________.

• Moctezuma II

• Atahualpa

• Xerses

• Cambyses II

Moctezuma believed Cortes was the Aztec god ___________________.

• Quetzalcoatl

• Huitzilopochtli

• Tezcatlipoca

• Tlaloc

_____________ helped Cortes make alliances with tribes who did not like the Aztecs.

• Acamapichtli

• Chimalpopoca

• Malintzin

• Axayacatl

Four factors that helped the Spanish take over the Aztec empire are alliances, weapons/horses, disease, and ____________.

• perspective

• imperialism

• geography

• archaeology

The Spanish conquistador who came to Peru was ________________.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Pedro de Alvarado

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Francisco Pizzaro

The emperor of the Incas was _________________.

• Atahualpa

• Mayta Cápac

• Sinchi Roca

• Inca Roca

Atahualpa was captured after he refused to convert to ______________.

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Taoism