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Conquest/Colonisation of the Americas

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Columbus call the Taino Indians?

a)

Because they were.

b)

Because he liked the name Indians.

c)

Because Columbus thought he landed in the West Indies.

d)

Because he did not understand what they were trying to say.

2.
In what year to Columbus come to the new land the 1st time?
a)
1452
b)
1492
c)
1544
d)
1592
3.

Which one is not one of Columbus's ships?

a)

Santa Maria

b)

Nina

c)

The Endeavor

d)

Pinta

4.

What was the capitol of the Aztec empire?

a)

Tenochan

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Lima

d)

Mexico city

5.

The disease that killed 1/3 and weakened the Aztecs was called ______.

a)

the flu

b)

typhoid

c)

cholera

d)

small pox

6.

Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today?

a)

Peru and Ecuador

b)

Brazil and Paraguay

c)

Mexico and Guatemala

d)

Colombia and Venezuela

7.
Who conquered the Aztecs?
a)
Hernan Correll
b)
Hernan Cortes
c)
Hernan Carroll
d)
Hernan Carlile
8.

Who conquered the Incas?

a)

Francisco Piza

b)

Francisco Parker

c)

Francisco Picarrero

d)

Francisco Pizarro

9.
Which group of people built over 19,000 miles of roads?
a)
Aztecs
b)
Mexicans
c)
Cubans
d)
Incas
10.
What was the name of the Inca capital?
a)
Mexico City
b)
Cuzco
c)
Havana
d)
Tenochtitlan
11.

Mesoamerica is the area now known as

a)

South America

b)

Central America

c)

North America

d)

Mexico

12.

Cortes and Pizarro were from which country

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

England

13.

Pizarro reached Peru in which year?

a)

1492

b)

1510

c)

1526

d)

1530