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Explorers and Conquistadors

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did Hernán Cortez begin his conquest of Mexico and the Aztec empire?

a)

1519

b)

1919

c)

1419

d)

1500

2.

Hernán Cortez didn’t had a lot of support from local indigenous people?

a)

False

b)

True

3.

Cortez landed in what region?

a)

Yale

b)

Yucatán

c)

Oaxaca

4.

Columbus established a colony in Hispaniola, that part of the island is now called?

a)

Haiti

b)

Hawaii

c)

Cuba

5.

Columbus was...

a)

a peaceful man and an expert navigator.

b)

an explorer than mistreated many, enslaved many and almost wiped out entire communities.

c)

a Spanish missionary.

6.

Trading is....

a)

the action and activity of buying/selling or exchanging goods or services.

b)

receiving gifts

c)

the enslavement of others.

7.

Who colonised Brazil?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England

8.

Who colonised Angola and Mozambique?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

England

9.

Who colonised The USA?

a)

England, France, Spain, Netherlands

b)

England

c)

France, England, Portugal