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Unit 2 Spanish Colonization

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Culture Zone did the Aztecs and Mayans live in?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Southwest

c)

Mesoamerica

d)

Pacific Northwest

2.


  1. Which explorer is credited with the discovery of the New World?

a)

Columbus

b)

Pizarro

c)

Cortes

d)

De Soto

3.

Between what years did the Spanish battle the Aztecs?

a)

1492-1493

b)
1519-1521
c)

1800-1820

d)

1776-1781

4.

The Columbian exchange was the exchange of?

a)
  1. People and Disease

b)
  1. Plants and Animals

c)

Ideas and Culture

d)

All of the Above

5.

Who was Hernan Cortes?

a)

A Spanish Merchant who bought and sold expensive goods from the New World to the Old World.

b)

A Catholic Priest who spread Christianity in the Americas.

c)

A Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.

d)

A famous map maker who named the Americas and charted it American Coasts.

6.

The conquistador (a)   took over the Inca?

7.

The (a)   of people lived in the Andes Mountains?

8.

What was the capital of the Aztecs?​ ​ (a)  

a)

San Francisco

b)

Mexico City

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Peru

e)

Tenochtitlan

9.

  1. The Aztec were located in what is now (a)   ?

10.
  1. Who is Montezuma II?

a)
  1. A warrior king of the Aztecs

b)
  1. A title given to a Spanish military man

c)
  1. An Explorer from Portugal

d)
  1. A  prince from Spain

11.
  1. Atahualpa was the king of the _______?

a)

Olmecs

b)

Mayans

c)

Aztecs

d)

Inca

12.
  1. What was the capital of the Inca Empire?

a)

Lima

b)
  1. Santa Barbara

c)

Cuzco

d)
  1. Barcelona

13.
  1. Bartolomé de las Casas wrote a letter about what?

a)
  1. The great things Spain was doing in the New World

b)
  1. The need to expand the Missions System

c)

The need to end the Encomienda System

d)
  1. A story book detailing the fabled city of El Dorado

14.

The Encomienda System was

a)

A forced labor

b)

The way Europeans handled all their money

c)

A system of watering crops in dry climates

d)

A road way across all of the Spanish Colony

15.

What did the Mission System set out to do?

a)
  1. It heavily taxed the Spanish.

b)
  1. It broke treaties with the Native Americans.

c)
  1. It was used to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

d)

It was a way to keep Spain from being too harsh on the Native Americans

16.
  1. True or False, Did New Spain have a Caste System?

a)

True

b)

False

17.
  1. What does EEP stand for?

a)
  1. Evolution, Exchange, Pedigree 

b)
  1. Exchange, Empire, Property

c)
  1. Exploration, Exchange, People

d)
  1. Explain, Evolve, Plan

18.
  1. What are the 3 Gs?

a)
  1. Greatness, Glamour, Greed

b)
  1. God, Gold, Glory

c)
  1. Go, Get, Gold

d)
  1. Grandeur, Glory, Greed

19.
  1. What was the Spanish Armada?

a)
  1. The Spanish Cavalry

b)
  1. The Spanish Royalty

c)
  1. The Spanish Navy

d)
  1. The Spanish Colony

20.
  1. What happened to the Spanish Armada?

a)
  1. The Armada was defeated by the English.

b)
  1. The Armada disappeared into a huge storm.

c)
  1. The Armada would be strong until the Fall of Spain in the 1800s.

d)
  1. The Armada never existed, it was all a trick.

21.
  1. What tactic did the English use to defeat the Armada? 

a)

Superior Weapons

b)

Fire Boats

c)

Giant Horses

d)

The English did not win this battle.

22.
  1. What did the fall of the Spanish Armada do for all of Europe?

a)
  1. It made Europe fear the English and they stopped settling the New World.

b)
  1. It made Europe fear the Spanish and ruined ties between countries in the Old World.

c)
  1. It ended Spanish control of the seas and opened up routes to the New World.

d)
  1. It closed Europe off from the New World and ended the Columbian Exchange.

23.
  1. What are the two greatest motivators in life?

a)
  1. Food and Water

b)
  1. Education and Wealth

c)

Power and Success

d)

Money and Power

24.

  1. 90% of the Native American population died from (a)   after the Spanish arrived in the New World?

25.
  1. What did the Spanish name their colonies in the Americas?

a)

New World

b)

New Spain

c)

New Mexico

d)

New Peru