Spanish Conquest Of The America's

Question 1

Name 2 major civilisations that existed in the Americas prior to European contact

Answer 1

The Incas and the Aztecs

Question 2

Where did the Aztec’s live

Answer 2

Mexico

Question 3

In how many generations did the Aztec civilisation rise and fall?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

what was the main city of the Aztec civilisation?

Answer 4

Tenochtitlan

Question 5

What was the population of Tenochtitlan at the time of the Spanish arrival?

Answer 5

200 000

Question 6

What was at the centre of the city?

Answer 6

the sacred precinct

Question 7

What were tributes?

Answer 7

payments that surrounding villagers were forced to pay the Aztecs

Question 8

How was the Aztec society hierarchy arranged?

Answer 8

Emperor
nobles
warriors
commoners
slaves

Question 9

Who was the most important God for the Aztecs?

Answer 9

The God of Sun and War

Question 10

What was the main city of the Incas?

Answer 10

Cuzco

Question 11

How did the Incas try to integrate different groups?

Answer 11

through education

Question 12

How was the hierarchy of the Incas organised?

Answer 12

Ruler
nobles
commoners

Question 13

Sapa Inca was seen as

Answer 13

Sun God’s representative on Earth

Question 14

Did the nobles used to attempt to change the shape of their babies’ skulls

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

What did the Incas generally make their weapons from?

Answer 15

leather and wood

Question 16

How did the Incas communicate across their large land?

Answer 16

a series of runners called chasqui

Question 17

Was Quipu a communication system used by the Incas

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

The main crops of the Incas were wheat and maize

Answer 18

False

Question 19

What was mit’a?

Answer 19

A system of compulsory labour

Question 20

The state would collect and distribute crops throughout the Empire

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Macchu Picchu was

Answer 21

A summer place

Question 22

The most notable aspect of Inca architecture was

Answer 22

The stonework

Question 23

The Sun God was called

Answer 23

Inti

Question 24

What was the main reason that the Spanish conquered the Americas?

a. To expand their empire
b. To obtain wealth and power
c. To convert the people to Christianity
D. All of the above

Answer 24

All of the above

Question 25

Why were the people of the Americas called Indians?

Answer 25

Colombus thought that he was in India

Question 26

When did Columbus first land in the Bahamas?

Answer 26

October 1492

Question 27

What were the Spanish hoping to find in these new lands?

Answer 27

Great civilisations to plunder

Question 28

Encomienda was a system of slavery

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Why did European diseases have such a catastrophic impact on the Native Americans?

Answer 29

The people did not have any immunity to these new diseases

Question 30

smallpox was the disease that claimed most lives

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Why did civil war break out among the Incas?

Answer 31

As their leaders died, there was a struggle for succession

Question 32

How did the conquest change the Incas’ view of their Gods?

Answer 32

Many felt that their Gods had abandoned them and turned to Christianity