Diagnostic Test / 25-26 - History 8°

During the Age of Exploration the _________ started to explore the world.

• Americans

• Asians

• Europeans

• Africans

Christopher Columbus was a famous sailor who thought to discover the route to the Indies.

• True

• False

In this century began the Age of Exploration...

• XIV

• XV

• XVI

• XVII

The first expedition to Mexico was commanded by...

• Juan de Grijlava
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Hernadez de Cordoba

Spaniard who decided that his life would take another course, giving himself the opportunity to recognize a new way of life and adapting to it. Known as the father of miscegenation.

• Hernán Cortés
• Gonzalo de Sandoval
• Gonzalo Guerrero

He is considered a key man for Cortes at the same level of Malintzin because his role to the conquest and the good communication with the tribes.

• Gonzalo Guerrero
• Hernan Cortés
• Jerónimo de Aguilar

Malintzin was an educated girl.

• True
• False

The strategy used by the Spanish to conclude the process of conquest was...

• divide and conquer
• besiege, cut supplies and fight
• convince

With this God the conquistador Cortés could have been confused.

• Quetzalcóatl
• Huitzilopochtli
• Moctezuma

The Spanish built boats to be able to cross Lake Texcoco and thus enter the city of Tenochtitlan.

• True
• False