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 (a)   took over the Inca?

The (a)   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 (a)   ?

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