Conquistadors

What was the reason the Spanish military was looking for Hernando Cortes?

• They wanted to reward him for keeping the native tribes safe.

• They wanted to arrest him for disobeying orders.

• They wanted to make him a general in the military.

• They wanted to see what he had for lunch.

After see the beautiful tropical flowers and plants, which conquistador gave Florida its name?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando Cortes

• Pedro Menendez

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Living with the Pueblo Indians, seeing the Grand Canyon, and traveling over the Great Plains were some of the accomplishments of which conquistador?

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando Cortez

• Pedro Menendez

What did the diseases brought to the New World by Europeans do to the native people of the Americas?

• Encouraged them

• Killed them

• Freed them

• Helped them

A Spanish conqueror who first came to the Americas during the 1500s

• Explorador

• Conquistador

• Moctezuma II

• La Malinche

Aztec emperor who was defeated by Hernando Cortez

• Moctezuma I

• Moctezuma II

• La Malinche I

• Quetzalcoatl

Indian woman who helped Cortez in his conquest of Tenochtitlan. Also known as La Malinche.

• Dona Maria

• Dona Marina

• Maria Cortez

• Cuahutemoc

Tenochtitlan was defeated by closing off its entrances and cutting off the water and food supply.

• True

• False

Which of the following regions was conquered by Francisco Pizarro?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Who led this attack on the Aztec?

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco da Gama

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro