Cortés, the Conquistador

A leader’s worldview affects his/her choices and decisions by:

• Shaping their values and priorities

• Having no impact on their actions

• Making them always follow others

• Ensuring they never make mistakes

Which aspects of technology, religion, and culture might affect the meeting between them?

• Communication styles, beliefs, and traditions

• Only technological advancements

• Only religious practices

• Only cultural festivals

Differences in worldview can contribute to the dominance of one culture over another by:

• Encouraging mutual respect between cultures

• Promoting equal power among all cultures

• Justifying the imposition of beliefs and practices

• Eliminating cultural differences

Who was leading the group towards Tenochtitlan?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Ferdinand Magellan

Cortés was raised in Spain during a time of great change.

• True

• False

What event was believed to make Spain better during Cortés' upbringing?

• The defeat of the Muslims and the unity under Catholicism

• The discovery of gold in the Caribbean

• The founding of Tenochtitlan

• The voyage to the New World

Cortés was a young, adventurous and highly ______ man. (Fill in the blank)

• ambitious

• timid

• careless

• lazy

What did Cortés hear about that inspired him?

• The defeat of the Muslims

• Columbus' expeditions and his discovery of gold in the Caribbean

• The unity under Catholicism

• The founding of New Spain

At what age did Cortés set out for the 'New World'?

• 19

• 21

• 16

• 25

In many ways, Cortés embodied the Spanish worldview at the time.

• True

• False