What was the purpose of joint-stock companies?

b) to provide money for building colonies

a) to provide soldiers to defend colonies

c) to provide priests to convert people to Christianity

d) to provide interpreters to speak with Indigenous people

What does the image show?

c) Hernán Cortés marching with the Tlaxcalan allies to attack the Aztec Empire

a) people working under the encomienda system

b) the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia

d) Pilgrims leaving England because they objected to the practices of the Church of England

Unit 6 Chapter 2—Colonization of the Americas

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1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did Columbus encounter in the Bahamas?

a) the Portuguese

b) the Taínos

c) the Aztec

d) the Inca

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

How did Hernán Cortés defeat the Aztec? Select the two correct answers

a) He used their enemies to trick their leader.

b) He started a civil war among the Aztec leaders.

c) He used weapons the Aztec could not defend against.

d) He poisoned their food supply and attacked while they were ill.

e) He captured their leader, demanded ransom, and then killed him anyway

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who led the conquest of the Inca?

a) Hernán Cortés

b) Francisco Pizarro

c) Hernando de Soto

d) Christopher Columbus

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What system is shown in this image?

a) mercantilism

b) mission system

c) encomienda system

d) joint-stock companies

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Spanish set up missions in the Americas?

a) to train Indigenous people as warriors

b) to gain gold and silver

c) to spread Christianity

d) to help the poorOption 1

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What arguments did Bartolomé de Las Casas use to convince people in Spain that the encomienda system was wrong? Select the two correct answers.

a) Encomiendas were being taken over by the Portuguese.

b) Indigenous people were treated badly by the Spanish.

c) The Spanish took lands from Indigenous people.

d) The encomiendas were too easy to attack.

e) The system was not financially stable.

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Unit 6 Chapter 2—Colonization of the Americas

Name

Who did Columbus encounter in the Bahamas?

How did Hernán Cortés defeat the Aztec? Select the two correct answers

Who led the conquest of the Inca?

What system is shown in this image?

Why did the Spanish set up missions in the Americas?

What arguments did Bartolomé de Las Casas use to convince people in Spain that the encomienda system was wrong? Select the two correct answers.

What was the purpose of joint-stock companies?

Which kingdom had colonies in the middle of North America?

Which kingdom colonized most of Central America?

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