WorksheetsIndigenous Americans and Conquistadors
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
How long have humans been in the Americas?
500 Years
50 Years
15,000 Years
2000 Years
How did humans get to the Americas?
The Bering Land Bridge
They rode horses
They swam
The rode on boats
What was the name of the first Humans in Oklahoma
The First People
The Nords
The Klingons
The Druids
Conquistador is a spanish word that means.....
crazy man
soldier
conqueror
Conquistadors were Spanish and Portuguese ______________who traveled to the Americas to colonize it.
sailors
religious people
soldiers
Conquistadors were ____________and ruthless with the native people they encountered.
violent
pleasant
generous
Christopher ___________just arrived in the Americas. Opening the door for other Europeans to follow him.
Reeves
Walkin
Columbus
The Americas were rich in natural resources, especially precious metals like__________ and _________.
silver and gold
iron and aluminum
copper and bronze
Their missions were sponsored by ___________and ___________who were also hungry for money and power.
peasants and nobles
shipbuilders and blacksmiths
Kings and Queens
The Conquistadors were able to defeat the native people because they had steel swords, ____________ and firearms.
horses
good lawyers
large armies
The native people were ______________.
recruited to become spanish citizens
enslaved and made to work in mines.
given jobs and encouraged to buy homes.
The enslaved native people were forced to work on large plantations called_____________.
farms
grasslands
encomienda's
Once the native people were conquered their lands were ____________.
shared
stolen
sold
The conquistadors were followed by priests whose job it was to __________ the native people to Christianity.
convert
convince
beg
Conquistadors saw a fantastic opportunity to gain___________and ____________.
real estate and equity
stocks and bonds
wealth and power
a disease that affects many people at the same time
confederacy
assimilation
epidemic
matrilineal
migration
The Cherokee were a loose ___________________, with each group having autonomy over their own village.
confederation
Civilized
Tuskaloosa
The Creek are also known by which of the following names?
Iroquois
Red Sticks
Mississippi
Muscogee
A journey for a specific purpose, such as exploration.
expedition
immunity
isthmus
middleman
One who is sent on a religious mission.
missionary
Northwest Passage
skirmish
calumet
What is Quivira?
The Capital of Spain
A legendary city of gold
A type of Native American tool
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
My dad
A Spanish explorer
The king of Portugal
A book writer
What did Coronado want to find?
The city of gold
Happiness
A new place to live
What did the Mayans make that was very important?
The wheel
A calendar
the spear
gold
What did the Olmecs build?
Boats
Large wheels
A great wall
Giant Stone Heads
