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Conquistadores

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Spanish Conquistador that led the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

a)

Hernán Cortés

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Christopher Columbus

2.

What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?

a)

Cuzco

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Tenochtitlán

d)

Lima

3.

Who was the leader of the Inca Empire when Francisco Pizarro arrived?

a)

Montezuma

b)

Atahualpa

c)

Tupac Shakir

d)

Mr Cooney

4.

What is the name of the empire that Francisco Pizarro conquered in South America?

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

Olmec

5.

Hernán Cortés and his men allied with who to help defeat the Aztecs?

a)

Neighbouring Tribes

b)

Incans

c)

Aliens

6.

What was the name of the Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire?

a)

Hernán Cortés

b)

Javier Hernandez

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Fernan Torres

7.

Which disease brought by the Spanish played a significant role in the fall of the Aztec and Inca Empires?

a)

Malaria

b)

Smallpox

c)

Bubonic plague

d)

Yellow fever

8.

What was the primary goal of the Conquistadores in the Americas?

a)

To learn about new cultures

b)

To convert indigenous people to Christianity

c)

To find gold and riches

d)

To establish trade routes

9.

The Aztec capital city of (a)   was built on an island in the middle of a lake.

10.

The Inca Empire was centered in the city of (a)   , located in present-day Peru.

11.

The Spanish Conquistador (a)   led the expedition that resulted in the fall of the Aztec Empire.

12.

The last emperor of the Inca Empire, captured and executed by the Spanish, was named (a)   .

13.

The Aztecs believed that Hernán Cortés might have been the god (a)   , who was prophesied to return.

14.

(a)   is the term used to describe Spanish conquerors who came to the Americas in the 16th century.