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Aztecs and Cortez

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two countries wanted to claim the new world in the late 1400's?

a)

Portugal and Spain

b)

California and Utah

c)

Disneyland and Australia

d)

Spain and Turkey

2.

Why did Spain and Portugal pay sailors to go to the new world?

a)

They were very nice people

b)

They liked the sailors

c)

They wanted to claim the new world

d)

They wanted their ships to be fancy

3.

How did people become slaves?

a)

They were prisoners of war and/or kidnapped from their homes

b)

It is just a job that some people have

c)

They asked to become slaves

d)

They went to school

4.

Where did colonists get their slaves?

a)

Spain and Portugal

b)

Africa and Australia

c)

the new world (Americas) and Africa

d)

Disneyland

5.

On the slave ship, where were the slaves kept?

a)

They were forced to sail the ship

b)

They sat on the deck

c)

They slept in cabins on the ship

d)

Chained up below deck most of the time

6.

What is a conquistador?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

What did Quetzalcoatl look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

What did emperor Montezuma think about Cortéz when he met him?

a)

"He looks just like our god, I should welcome him into my city!"

b)

"He looks ugly, I don't like his hat."

c)

"This must be an enemy...attack!!!"

d)

"Maybe we should be best friends forever."

9.

Who won the battle for Tenochtitlan in 1519?

a)

The Aztecs

b)

The Conquistadors

10.

Whose birthday was it last week? April 25th.

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

How did you like playing with the quiz?

a)

Do it again!

b)

I didn't like it

c)

I liked it, and please make it more challenging

d)

It was hard for me