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Unit 2 Lesson 3-4 Quiz: Spanish Conquest and Overseas Empire

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The capital of the Aztec empire was _____________________.

a)

Cuzco

b)

Detroit

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Mexico City

2.

The leader of the Aztec Empire was __________________.

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Fransico Pizzaro

c)

Montezuma II

d)

Christopher Columbus

3.

_____________ was the conquistador that led the attack to take over the Aztec Empire.

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Montezuma II

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizzaro

4.

The Aztec Empire was located in present day __________.

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

Mexico

d)

Brazil

5.

The Inca Empire was located along the ________________ in South America.

a)

Rocky Mts.

b)

Appalachian Mts.

c)

Andes Mts.

d)

Atlantic Ocean

6.

The leader of the Inca Empire was ________________.

a)

Francisco Pizzaro

b)

Atahualpa

c)

Montezuma II

d)

Christopher Columbus

7.

The conquistador that led the takeover of the Inca empire was ______________.

a)

Montezuma II

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

e)

Hernan Cortez

8.

Which of the following helped the Spanish take over the Aztec and the Inca empires?

a)

horses

b)

diseases

c)

better weapons

d)

bigger ships

e)

gold and silver

9.

A large area in which different groups of people are controlled by one ruler is called a(n) ____________.

a)

frontier

b)

empire

c)

colony

d)

civilization

e)

potlatch

10.

The Spanish word for "conqueror" is ________________.

a)

empire

b)

conquistador

c)

encomiendas

d)

missionary

e)

mestizo

11.

____________________ was searching for a fountain of youth while leading and expedition near Florida.

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

e)

Francisco Pizarro

12.

__________________ was searching for gold when he landed in Florida with hundreds of men and animals.

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Montezuma II

d)

Hernan Cortez

e)

Christopher Columbus

13.

All of the lands claimed by Spanish conquistadors in the Americas became known as _____________.

a)

El Spanish

b)

New Spain

c)

New Mexico

d)

United States

e)

Far East

14.

Large areas of land that were taken over by the Spanish and given away to loyal colonists were called _________________.

a)

plantations

b)

colonies

c)

encomiendas

d)

mestizos

15.

Bartolome de Las Casas was a famous _______________ who believed that Native Americans should be treated with kindness.

a)

explorer

b)

conquistador

c)

missionary

d)

viceroy

e)

mestizo

16.

2 jobs that enslaved Africans would do in New Spain were _________________.

a)

work in the fields

b)

work in the silver mines

c)

build pyramids

d)

work in the salt mines

17.

_________________ was a former king in his homeland and led a successful slave revolt in 1570.

a)

Cortez

b)

Pizarro

c)

Yanga

d)

Bartolome de Las Casas

18.

At the bottom of the social pyramid in New Spain were ______________________ (pick 2).

a)

Native Americans

b)

mestizos

c)

viceroys

d)

enslaved Africans

19.

People born of both Spanish and Native American decent are called ____________.

a)

viceroys

b)

mestizos

c)

Aztec

d)

Inca

20.

A person that tries to convert others to join their religion is known as a ______________.

a)

mestizo

b)

viceroy

c)

missionary

d)

merchant

e)

conquistador