604 Q2

Question 1

Capital of the Aztec Empire

Answer 1

location on map

Question 2

Capital of Inca Empire

Answer 2

find location on map

Question 3

Viceroyalty of New Spain, New Grenada, Peru, La Plata, Brazil, and Portugal

Answer 3

see LightUnit pg. 21 for map

Question 4

The governor of Cuba sent Cortes to do what?

Answer 4

Find gold

Question 5

The Spanish conquistadors did what?

Answer 5

Left a legacy of slavery, disease, and violence

Question 6

When Montezuma told his people to stop fighting, what did they do?

Answer 6

They turned against him and stoned him

Question 7

When Atahualpa was taken captive, what did his people do?

Answer 7

They brought gold to rescue him

Question 8

Before Europeans came, Indians in Latin America used the land how?

Answer 8

As stewards

Question 9

According to Spanish Law, what could the Viceroyalty of Peru do?

Answer 9

Buy goods from Spain and sell goods to Spain

Question 10

A place called “El Dorado” is said to be what?

Answer 10

Rich in gold or opportunity

Question 11

After he became a Catholic priest in the New World, what did Las Casas do?

Answer 11

became a Christian and converted many Guatemalan Indians to Christianity

Question 12

Who was the Aztec Emperor

Answer 12

Montezuma

Question 13

Who was the ruler of the Inca Empire?

Answer 13

Atahualpa

Question 14

Who led the conquest of the Aztecs

Answer 14

Cortes

Question 15

Who led the conquest of the Inca Empire?

Answer 15

Pizarro

Question 16

Who became a champion of Indian rights?

Answer 16

Las Casas

Question 17

Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 17

Balboa

Question 18

Who was first to sail through the straight at the southern tip of South America?

Answer 18

Magellan

Question 19

Diseases brought to America by Europeans resulted in what?

Answer 19

Epidemics among the Indians

Question 20

What was the capital city of the Aztecs?

Answer 20

Tenochtitlan

Question 21

What was the capital city of the Incan Indians?

Answer 21

Cuzsco

Question 22

Spanish conquerors such as Cortes, Pizarro, and others were called what?

Answer 22

Conquistadors

Question 23

A Spanish or Portuguese colon was called a what?

Answer 23

Vice royalty

Question 24

A Vice royalty was controlled by a what?

Answer 24

Viceroy

Question 25

To get around Spanish laws, the colonists would do what with goods?

Answer 25

Smuggle them in from other countries

Question 26

When a king granted a encomienda, what did the recipient do?

Answer 26

Took Indian land and forced the Indians to work as slaves

Question 27

A farm with its village in Latin America was known as a what?

Answer 27

Hacienda

Question 28

An Hacienda with its own shops that produced what it needed is what?

Answer 28

Self-sufficient

Question 29

The price demanded for the return of a captive is called?

Answer 29

Ransom

Question 30

Summarize in sentence form the motives and methods of the men who conquered the Aztecs and Incas

Answer 30

Should include these ideas: motivated by selfishness/greed. They were unfair. Used Violence to conquer the Indians. Were cruel.