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Indigenous Americans and Conquistadors

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long have humans been in the Americas?

a)

500 Years

b)

50 Years

c)

15,000 Years

d)

2000 Years

2.

How did humans get to the Americas?

a)

The Bering Land Bridge

b)

They rode horses

c)

They swam

d)

The rode on boats

3.

What was the name of the first Humans in Oklahoma

a)

The First People

b)

The Nords

c)

The Klingons

d)

The Druids

4.

Conquistador is a spanish word that means.....

a)

crazy man

b)

soldier

c)

conqueror

5.

Conquistadors were Spanish and Portuguese ______________who traveled to the Americas to colonize it.

a)

sailors

b)

religious people

c)

soldiers

6.

Conquistadors were ____________and ruthless with the native people they encountered.

a)

violent

b)

pleasant

c)

generous

7.

Christopher ___________just arrived in the Americas. Opening the door for other Europeans to follow him.

a)

Reeves

b)

Walkin

c)

Columbus

8.

The Americas were rich in natural resources, especially precious metals like__________ and _________.

a)

silver and gold

b)

iron and aluminum

c)

copper and bronze

9.

Their missions were sponsored by ___________and ___________who were also hungry for money and power.

a)

peasants and nobles

b)

shipbuilders and blacksmiths

c)

Kings and Queens

10.

The Conquistadors were able to defeat the native people because they had steel swords, ____________ and firearms.

a)

horses

b)

good lawyers

c)

large armies

11.

The native people were ______________.

a)

recruited to become spanish citizens

b)

enslaved and made to work in mines.

c)

given jobs and encouraged to buy homes.

12.

The enslaved native people were forced to work on large plantations called_____________.

a)

farms

b)

grasslands

c)

encomienda's

13.

Once the native people were conquered their lands were ____________.

a)

shared

b)

stolen

c)

sold

14.

The conquistadors were followed by priests whose job it was to __________ the native people to Christianity.

a)

convert

b)

convince

c)

beg

15.

Conquistadors saw a fantastic opportunity to gain___________and ____________.

a)

real estate and equity

b)

stocks and bonds

c)

wealth and power

16.

a disease that affects many people at the same time

a)

confederacy

b)

assimilation

c)

epidemic

d)

matrilineal

e)

migration

17.

The Cherokee were a loose ___________________, with each group having autonomy over their own village.

a)

confederation

b)

Civilized

c)

Tuskaloosa

18.

The Creek are also known by which of the following names?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Red Sticks

c)

Mississippi

d)

Muscogee

19.

A journey for a specific purpose, such as exploration.

a)

expedition

b)

immunity

c)

isthmus

d)

middleman

20.

One who is sent on a religious mission.

a)

missionary

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

skirmish

d)

calumet

21.

What is Quivira?

a)

The Capital of Spain

b)

A legendary city of gold

c)

A type of Native American tool

22.

Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?

a)

My dad

b)

A Spanish explorer

c)

The king of Portugal

d)

A book writer

23.

What did Coronado want to find?

a)

The city of gold

b)

Happiness

c)

A new place to live

24.

What did the Mayans make that was very important?

a)

The wheel

b)

A calendar

c)

the spear

d)

gold

25.

What did the Olmecs build?

a)

Boats

b)

Large wheels

c)

A great wall

d)

Giant Stone Heads