16.4 Spanish Conquest of the Americas

Who was Christopher Columbus?

• A Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire

• An Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who landed in the Americas

• The last Incan emperor

• A Spanish explorer who conquered the Americas in the 16th century

What is a colony?

• A system of mining and farming using natives as slave labor

• A person with mixed Spanish and Native American blood

• Lands controlled by another nation

• Spanish explorers who conquered the Americas

Who defeated the Aztec Empire, conquering Mexico?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando Cortés

• Christopher Columbus

• Atahualpa

What does the term 'mestizo' refer to?

• A system of mining and farming using natives as slave labor

• A person with mixed Spanish and Native American blood

• A Spanish explorer who conquered the Americas in the 16th century

• Lands controlled by another nation

What was the encomienda system?

• A person with mixed Spanish and Native American blood

• A Spanish explorer who conquered the Americas in the 16th century

• A system of mining and farming using natives as slave labor

• Lands controlled by another nation

Who was one of the Spanish conquistadors that began to explore the lands of the Americas in the 16th century?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Atahualpa

• Hernando Cortés

• Pope

About 15 years after Hernando Cortés, which conquistador led another Spanish force to conquer the mighty Inca Empire of South America?

• Hernando Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Atahualpa

• Pope

What was the system called that used natives as slave labor on large farms and mines?

• Encomienda

• Mestizo

• Plantations

• Conquistadors

Who led a serious rebellion against Spanish rule in New Mexico that lasted for 12 years?

• Hernando Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Atahualpa

• Pope

What area did Coronado explore that is now part of the United States?

• Mexico

• Peru

• Brazil

• The area that is now part of the United States