Conquest In The Americas

Question 0

What was tenochtitlan

Answer 0

The capital of the Aztec empire

Question 1

What is a conquistador

Answer 1

A Spanish explorer who claims lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s

Question 2

Who is Moctezuma

Answer 2

The Aztec emperor who face the Spanish invasion led by Cortez

Question 3

Who was Francisco Pizarro

Answer 3

A Spanish conquistador who arrived in Peru in 1532, overran the Incas, and conquered much of the continent of South America for Spain

Question 4

What were the effects of the Spanish conquest for the Spanish

Answer 4

Spain became Europe’s greatest power and they seized huge quantities of valuable goods and established silver mines

Question 5

What were the effects of the Spanish conquest for the Native Americans

Answer 5

Many lost faith in their gods, stopped resisting, converted to Christianity, continue to fight the Spanish, and resisted by preserving parts of their own culture