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WorksheetsLesson 3: Spain Builds an Empire
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
What are Spanish soldiers called ?
Presidios
Conquistadors
Tenochtitlan
Soldiers
Which conquistador destroyed the Aztec empire?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de Leon
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Which conquistador conquered the Incan Empire?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de Leon
Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca
Which was not the cause of the Aztec and Incan defeat?
**Refer to the chart on page 47.**
Spanish steel armor and weapons
Spanish horses
European diseases
Spanish alliance with Aztec and Inca enemies
El Camino Real
What are the three kinds of settlements in New Spain?
**Refer to page 47.**
Pueblos
Missions
Presidios
Cliff Dwellings
Viceroys
Who spoke out against the treatment of Native Americans
Moctezuma
Hernan Cortes
Bartolome de Las Casas
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
An _________ was a system that rewarded settlers by taxing local Native Americans and/or forcing them to work.
Encomienda System
Plantation System
Royal Governors
Columbian Exchange System
What was El Camino Real?
a Spanish territory
a network of roads
a Catholic Church
a rural town
What was a plantation?
a gold mine
a large farm
a kind of ship
a class of people
What did Hernando de Soto discover in 1541?
**Refer to page 49.**
Florida
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Grand Canyon
