New World

The first people of the Americas to come into contact with the Spanish were the

• Maya.

• Aztecs.

• Incas.

• Taíno.

Hernán Cortés was responsible for the conquest of the

• Taíno.

• Incas.

• Aztecs.

• 
  Moche.

The last emperor of the Aztec empire was

• Atahualpa.

• 
  Cuauhtémoc.

• Itzcóatl.

• Topa.

The conquistador who conquered the Incas was

• Cortés.

• Cabral.

• Magellan.

• Pizarro.

The last emperor of the Inca empire was

• Atahualpa.

• Motecuzoma II.

• Viracocha.

• Pachacuti.

Which of the following was the most significant factor in Cortés's defeat of the Aztec empire?

• Superior Spanish technology

• disease

• alliances with indigenous people

• outnumbering the indigenous people

The two centers of Spanish royal authority in the Americas were

• Mexico City and Cuzco.

• Lima and Mexico City.

• 
  Tenochtitlan and Mexico City.

• Cuzco and Tenochtitlan.

The chief Spanish royal administrators in the Americas were the

• viceroys.

• peninsulares.

• conquistadores.

• encomiendas.

Which of the following describes the encomienda system?

• forcing native workers to labor in Spanish mines and fields in exchange for protection.

• granting provincial governors the right to set taxation policy

• granting new settlers large plots of land for personal agriculture

• allowing settlers to achieve noble status if they gathered enough land

Of the following, the most valuable commodity for the Spanish in the Americas was

• silver

• sugar

• rum

• tobacco