Spanish Colonization Quiz

Spanish explorer who claimed lands in America for Spain

• conquistador

• czar

• presidio

• creole

• mestizo

a religious settlement run by Catholic priests and friars that was used to spread religion

• pueblo

• mission

• presidio

• shrewd

• hesitate

This conquistador conquered the Aztecs and caused their leader, Moctezuma, to die.

• Hernado Cortez

• Bartolome de Las Casas

• Father Eusebio Francisco Kino

Sought to stop Native American slavery and ease their suffering. Encouraged African American slavery instead (but later regretted that too).

• Hernado Cortez

• Bartolome de Las Casas

• Father Eusebio Francisco Kino

What religion were the Spanish missionaries trying to spread?

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• None of these

Which one is not one of the the 3 Gs?

• God

• Gold

• Grateful

• Glory

The horrible effect Europeans had on Native Americans was

• the flu.
• diseases.
• the trading of goods.
• starvation.

What was the name of the Aztec capital city?

• Oaxaca
• Tluxpan
• Tenochtitlan
• Tlaxcala

Who believed Cabeza de Vaca's stories about the Seven Cities of Gold and looked for them?

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Hernan Cortez
• Francisco Coronado

Which explorer conquered the Incan empire?

• Francisco Coronado

• Francisco Pizarro

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortes