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Hernan Cortes is most famous for which deed?
a) conquering the Maya empire
b) conquering the Aztec empire
c) conquering the Inca empire
d) conquering the Wester empire

Who was the ruler of the Aztec when Cortes arrived in Mexico?
a) Ataluapha
b) Pizarro
c) Montezuma
d) Big Bird

Which modern country includes land that was part of the Incan empire?
a) Colombia
b) Venezuela
c) Mexico
d) Peru

Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire because he
a) surprised the emperor’s army and took the emperor hostage
b) broke all their legs and sent them to jail
c) shot them in the eyes and turned them into birds
d) killed their leader the second he saw him

What did Atahualpa hope to keep when he gave away rooms full of silver and gold?
a) his empire
b) his family
c) his life
d) his new Ford Mustang car

Why was Cortes welcomed to the Aztec civilization at first?
a) the Aztec were nice to all people around them
b) Cortes forced his way in
c) they thought he was a god
d) the Aztec wanted to quit sacrificing to the gods

What were the Spanish explorer-warriors in Latin America called?
a) Criollos
b) Conquestadors
c) Mestizos
d) Gauchos

How did a small band of conquistadors defeat the large and well established empires of the Aztec and Inca?
a) They carried diseases the Native Americans weren’t immune to
b) They had horses and gun
c) They kidnapped and killed their leaders
d) All of the above

What was the purpose of the Incan quipu?
a) building roads
b) planting seeds
c) keeping records
d) writing letters

Where did Europeans in the sixteenth century find a cheap labor source for work in the New World (Americas)?
a) slaves from Africa
b) peasants from Spain and Portugal
c) settlers that came from Europe
d) indigenous people from Australia

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