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WorksheetsUnit 2 Lesson 3-4 Quiz: Spanish Conquest and Overseas Empire
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The capital of the Aztec empire was _____________________.
Cuzco
Detroit
Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
The leader of the Aztec Empire was __________________.
Hernan Cortez
Fransico Pizzaro
Montezuma II
Christopher Columbus
_____________ was the conquistador that led the attack to take over the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortez
Montezuma II
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizzaro
The Aztec Empire was located in present day __________.
California
Texas
Mexico
Brazil
The Inca Empire was located along the ________________ in South America.
Rocky Mts.
Appalachian Mts.
Andes Mts.
Atlantic Ocean
The leader of the Inca Empire was ________________.
Francisco Pizzaro
Atahualpa
Montezuma II
Christopher Columbus
The conquistador that led the takeover of the Inca empire was ______________.
Montezuma II
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Hernan Cortez
Which of the following helped the Spanish take over the Aztec and the Inca empires?
horses
diseases
better weapons
bigger ships
gold and silver
A large area in which different groups of people are controlled by one ruler is called a(n) ____________.
frontier
empire
colony
civilization
potlatch
The Spanish word for "conqueror" is ________________.
empire
conquistador
encomiendas
missionary
mestizo
____________________ was searching for a fountain of youth while leading and expedition near Florida.
Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Francisco Pizarro
__________________ was searching for gold when he landed in Florida with hundreds of men and animals.
Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto
Montezuma II
Hernan Cortez
Christopher Columbus
All of the lands claimed by Spanish conquistadors in the Americas became known as _____________.
El Spanish
New Spain
New Mexico
United States
Far East
Large areas of land that were taken over by the Spanish and given away to loyal colonists were called _________________.
plantations
colonies
encomiendas
mestizos
Bartolome de Las Casas was a famous _______________ who believed that Native Americans should be treated with kindness.
explorer
conquistador
missionary
viceroy
mestizo
2 jobs that enslaved Africans would do in New Spain were _________________.
work in the fields
work in the silver mines
build pyramids
work in the salt mines
_________________ was a former king in his homeland and led a successful slave revolt in 1570.
Cortez
Pizarro
Yanga
Bartolome de Las Casas
At the bottom of the social pyramid in New Spain were ______________________ (pick 2).
Native Americans
mestizos
viceroys
enslaved Africans
People born of both Spanish and Native American decent are called ____________.
viceroys
mestizos
Aztec
Inca
A person that tries to convert others to join their religion is known as a ______________.
mestizo
viceroy
missionary
merchant
conquistador
