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Lesson 3: Spain Builds an Empire

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are Spanish soldiers called ?

a)

Presidios

b)

Conquistadors

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Soldiers

2.

Which conquistador destroyed the Aztec empire?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

3.

Which conquistador conquered the Incan Empire?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca

4.

Which was not the cause of the Aztec and Incan defeat?


**Refer to the chart on page 47.**

a)

Spanish steel armor and weapons

b)

Spanish horses

c)

European diseases

d)

Spanish alliance with Aztec and Inca enemies

e)

El Camino Real

5.

What are the three kinds of settlements in New Spain?


**Refer to page 47.**

a)

Pueblos

b)

Missions

c)

Presidios

d)

Cliff Dwellings

e)

Viceroys

6.

Who spoke out against the treatment of Native Americans

a)

Moctezuma

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Bartolome de Las Casas

d)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

7.

An _________ was a system that rewarded settlers by taxing local Native Americans and/or forcing them to work.

a)

Encomienda System

b)

Plantation System

c)

Royal Governors

d)

Columbian Exchange System

8.

What was El Camino Real?

a)

a Spanish territory

b)

a network of roads

c)

a Catholic Church

d)

a rural town

9.

What was a plantation?

a)

a gold mine

b)

a large farm

c)

a kind of ship

d)

a class of people

10.

What did Hernando de Soto discover in 1541?


**Refer to page 49.**

a)

Florida

b)

Alabama

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Mississippi River

e)

Grand Canyon