Quiz 10/21

Question 1

Who were Spanish conquerors that would give 1/5 of their gold to the Spanish crown?

Answer 1

conquistadors

Question 2

Who landed on the east coast of Mexico in 1519 and went into Tenochtitlan?

Answer 2

Cortez

Question 3

Which group of people gave him riches such as gold?

Answer 3

the Aztecs

Question 4

Why did the Aztecs give Cortez gold?

Answer 4

Because they thought he was Quetzacoatl

Question 5

Who was the blonde haired, blue eyed, fair skinned god who the Aztecs thought would come to save them?

Answer 5

Quetzacoatl

Question 6

Who was the leader of the Aztecs?

Answer 6

Moctezuma

Question 7

What did Moctezuma pledge on Cortez?

Answer 7

revenge

Question 8

Who was the conquistador that destroyed the Incan Empire?

Answer 8

Pizzaro

Question 9

Who was the conquistador that was looking for the “Fountain of Youth” in 1513?

Answer 9

Ponce de Leon

Question 10

Did Ponce de Leon ever find the Fountain of Youth?

Answer 10

No

Question 11

What DID Ponce de Leon discover?

Answer 11

St. Augustine in Florida

Question 12

What is the first permanent European settlement?

Answer 12

St. Augustine

Question 13

Who was the conquistador looking for “Seven Cities of Gold”?

Answer 13

Coronado

Question 14

Did he ever find the Seven Cities of Gold?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

What DID Coronado discover?

Answer 15

the Grand Canyon

Question 16

Coronado also explored a lot of places where?

Answer 16

in the Southwest

Question 17

Who was the Spanish priest who criticized the mistreatment of the Indians?

Answer 17

Fr. De Las Casas

Question 18

Where did Fr. De Las Casas find missions?

Answer 18

Texas and California

Question 19

Fr. De Las Casas converted the Indians to what religion?

Answer 19

the Catholic religion