- 1. Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire, was located near modern day ______________.
A) Caracas
B) Mexico City
C) Buenos Aires
D) Cusco
- 2. The Aztec had very advanced
A) all of these
B) calendar systems
C) farming practices
D) mathematical systems
- 3. What is a conquistador?
A) An Incan God
B) a Spanish Conqueror
C) A native farmer
D) an Aztec leader
- 4. Hernan ___________ conquered the Aztecs.
A) Magellan
B) Cortes
C) Columbus
D) Pizarro
- 5. After the conquistadors conquered the Aztecs and Incas, people from _____________ began settling in Mexico and South America.
A) Spain
B) Britain
C) Norway
D) France
- 6. ____________ was the leader of the Aztecs when they were invaded by the Spanish.
A) Pizarro
B) Montezuma
C) Cortes
D) Atahualpa
- 7. The Inca lived along the ____________ coast of South America near the _____________.
A) Western, Andes Mounains
B) Western, Sierra Madre Mountains
C) Southern, Panama Canal
D) Eastern, Andes Mountains
- 8. The Inca empire was the ____________ empire in the Americas, and was connected by a network of __________________.
A) smallest, roads and bridges
B) largest, trains and buses
C) smallest, trains and buses
D) largest, roads and bridges
- 9. ____________ was the last ruler of the Inca empire.
A) Pizarro
B) Montezuma
C) Cortes
D) Atahualpa
- 10. ________________ conquered the Inca empire in the the 1530s.
A) Atahualpa
B) Montezuma
C) Pizarro
D) Cortes
- 11. Which animal, brought to the New World during the Columbian exchange, helped native people hunt and trade over large areas of land?
A) pig
B) horse
C) sheep
D) llama
- 12. During the Columbian exchange, plants, animals, diseases, and people moved from
A) only from the new world to the old world
B) the old world to the new world and from the new world to the old world
C) only from the old world to the new world
- 13. Diseases brought from the Old World to the New World killed 50 - 75% of the ______________ population.
A) conquistador
B) European
C) slave
D) native
- 14. Europeans brought African slaves to the New World mostly to work
A) on plantations
B) in shops
C) in missions
D) in factories
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