Unit 2 Spanish Colonization

Which Culture Zone did the Aztecs and Mayans live in?

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Mesoamerica

• Pacific Northwest

1. Which explorer is credited with the discovery of the New World?

• Columbus

• Pizarro

• Cortes

• De Soto

Between what years did the Spanish battle the Aztecs?

• 1492-1493

• 1519-1521
• 1800-1820

• 1776-1781

The Columbian exchange was the exchange of?

• 1. People and Disease

• 1. Plants and Animals

• Ideas and Culture

• All of the Above

Who was Hernan Cortes?

• A Spanish Merchant who bought and sold expensive goods from the New World to the Old World.

• A Catholic Priest who spread Christianity in the Americas.

• A Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.

• A famous map maker who named the Americas and charted it American Coasts.

The conquistador _______ took over the Inca?

The ____of people lived in the Andes Mountains?

What was the capital of the Aztecs?​ ​ (a)  

• San Francisco

• Mexico City

• Machu Picchu

• Peru

• Tenochtitlan

1. The Aztec were located in what is now________?

1. Who is Montezuma II?

• 1. A warrior king of the Aztecs

• 1. A title given to a Spanish military man

• 1. An Explorer from Portugal

• 1. A  prince from Spain