Chapter 10

Question 1

What is a Conquistador?

Answer 1

A conqueror, specifically a Spanish one from Mexico and Peru.

Question 2

What is a cause?

Answer 2

The action that made an event happen.

Question 3

What is the effect?

Answer 3

The aftermath of a cause; the result.

Question 4

What is a halberd?

Answer 4

A triple tipped blade with the edges of a spear, and axe, and a hook.

Question 5

What is an Atlatl?

Answer 5

An atlatl is an invention that is similar to crossbow in the sense that it is used to throw a small spear at a greater velocity and distance than an arm is able.

Question 6

What is a musket?

Answer 6

A type of gun, one shot weapon that needs to be reloaded after every shot.

Question 7

What is the difference between epidemic and pandemic?

Answer 7

An epidemic is a disease in a certain area, and a pandemic is world-wide.

Question 8

What is an intermediary?

Answer 8

A person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; a mediator.

Question 9

What is Nahuatl?

Answer 9

The language the Aztecs spoke.

Question 10

When the Governor of Hispaniola gave Cortes a large amount of farmland, what did Cortes say/what was his reaction?

Answer 10

he was no grateful in the slightest, and even said, and I quote; ‘I came here for gold, not to till the land like a peasant.’

Question 11

Initially, Velazquez agreed to send Cortes and his men on an expedition to Yucatan, but right as they were about to depart, He changed his mind. Why?

Answer 11

He was afraid that Cortes would take all the glory for his discoveries, and not share any with Velazquez.

Question 12

When Cortes arrived in Yucatan, he created a town. What did he do in this town, and why?

Answer 12

he sent one ship back to Cuba with all the treasures and gold that he had found, and then destroyed the other nine so that anyone who was not loyal to Cortes would not be able to go back to Cuba.

Question 13

The Spanish military had various advantages over the Aztecs. How was Cortes able to use
horses to their advantage?

Answer 13

Their speed and power were unrivalled by the Aztecs on foot. They also were very talented riders, and could hold on the reins while wielding another weapon.

Question 14

What happened when Cortes met the Totonacs?

Answer 14

Invited Cortes to zempoala and complained about the tributes the Aztecs collected. Cortes agreed to grant them protection so long as he received warriors.

Question 15

What happened when Cortes met the Tlaxcalans?

Answer 15

Fought the Spanish, but the Spanish soldiers held them off and offered to make peace. When the Tlaxcalans accepted, the Spanish gained 1000 warriors.

Question 16

What happened when Cortes met the Cholulans?

Answer 16

Loyal allies of the Aztecs. Malinche overheard them speaking about an ambush on Cortes, and told Cortes. He then conquered the Cholulan people.

Question 17

What did Moctezuma do when posed in a crisis situation?

Answer 17

He waited for them to come to him. He thought about what to do; because he was scared. They rode large horses they had never seen and bore guns.

Question 18

What happened to Moctezuma?

Answer 18

Cortes told him to go out to the people and calm everyone down, for they were angry. And the Aztecs threw rocks at him. He died of his injuries.

Question 19

What percent of the Aztec Empire was killed off by smallpox?

Answer 19

25%

Question 20

Cortes was inspired by who?

Answer 20

Christopher Columbus

Question 21

What weapon uses leverage to achieve a greater effect?

Answer 21

Atlatl.

Question 22

Where did Cortes sail to after leaving Cuba? (1st time)

Answer 22

Yucatan Peninsula.

Question 23

How did Cortes manage to control Moctezuma?

Answer 23

Placed him on house arrest.

Question 24

What did Cortes do to ensure that his acquired soldiers would not defect?

Answer 24

Sunk ten of his ships ensuring that there was no way back

Question 25

What was Cortes’s goal as to when he came to the New World?

Answer 25

To acquire gold

Question 26

To avoid having to answer to _______, Cortes established a coastal town known as ___________ soon after he landed on the coast of Mexico.

Answer 26

Velazquez, La Villa Rica de la Veracruz

Question 27

What indigenous group did Malinche come from? (where was she a slave)

Answer 27

The Tabascans

Question 28

Which group of Indigenous peoples planned an ambush on Cortes and his conquistadors?

Answer 28

The Cholulans

Question 29

What year was the conquest of Tenochtitlan?

Answer 29

1521

Question 30

What allowed the Spanish to have an advantage and eventually conquer the Aztec empire?

Answer 30

• Malinche
• Horses
• Disease
• Superior weapons