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The Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire was...
a) Francisco Pizzaro
b) Hernan Cortes
c) Atahaulpa
d) Hernando de Soto
How did an Aztec warrior gain access to the House of the Sun?
a) By becoming a king
b) Achieving great victories in battle
c) Building pyramids
d) Dying in battle or as a sacrifice
What were Aztec warriors raised to believe?
a) It was their religious duty to give the hearts of their enemies to the gods
b) The Spanish were gods to be worshipped
c) Water was the lifeblood of the empire
d)
During the Aztec Feast of the Flaying Man, what was done to the bodies of sacrificial victims?
a) They were left to freeze high in the mountains
b) They were tied to the gladiatorial stone
c) They were skinned, dismembered, and eaten
d)
What kinds of people were being killed during Aztec religious ceremonies?
a) Children who were pure
b) Criminals and thieves
c) Only the Spanish
d) War captives
Why would thousands of Native Americans ally with the Spanish against the Aztecs?
a) The Spanish promised them gold
b) They hated the Aztecs for raiding and sacrificing their people
c) They believed the Spanish were gods
d)
According to the STANDARD view, what factors allowed the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs?
a) The Spanish had steel swords and armor
b) The Spanish used guns
c) European diseases (germs) killed many of the Native Americans
d) All of the above
Why were children used in Capacocha?
a) Children were easier to poison
b) Children were considered to be pure
c) The Inca wanted to keep the population low
d)
How did Atahualpa view the Spanish? Why?
a) As gods because the rode horses and wore steel armor
b) As gods because they were white
c) As animals who were crazy because they had beards and wore pots on their heads
d)
What was unique about Inca stonework?
a) It was earthquake proof
b) They created pyramids
c) The carved skulls as decorations on their buildings
d)
According to the Spanish accounts, what did Atahualpa do that angered the Spanish?
a) Attacked them
b) Threw a Bible on the ground
c) Killed children
d)
According to Jarred Diamond, why were European farmers able to produce more crops and therefore more people than farmers in South America?
a) Europeans were more intelligent due to having better schools
b) Europeans had horses and ox to provide muscle power for plows
c) It rained more in Europe
d)
What was the Mita system?
a) A system of mandatory labor in the Inca empire that resulted in large cities and roads being built. Workers received food and
b) A form of money used to pay workers
c) A system of religious practices involving child sacrifice
d)
What was Capacocha?
a) A poison drink used in sacrifices
b) A ritual where priests wore human skin
c) Inca ritual of child sacrifice
d)
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca empire?
a) Francisco Pizzaro
b) Hernan Cortes
c) Atahaulpa
d) Hernando de Soto
Why weren't guns an important factor in why the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs?
a) Guns were single shot, took a long time to load, and were not very accurate.
b) Aztec armor was bullet proof
c) Guns did not work well in the jungles and mountains of Mexico and Peru
d)
What did the Aztecs believe they gained by conducting human sacrifice?
a) Victory in battle
b) Good harvest and rain
c) More meat to feed their population
d)
What does “false conscioussness” mean?
a) The belief that your religion is the only true religion
b) Believing you are someone you are not
c) Beliefs and values that benefit people in power, and not those holding the beliefs
d)
What was the most important element in the Spanish victory over the Aztecs?
a) Thousands of native allies
b) Guns and steel weapons
c) Germs and disease
d)
What happened at “La Noche Triste”?
a) The Aztec were defeated by Cortes and his allies
b) The Spanish tried to flee Tenochtitlan and were attacked. 2/3rds of them were killed or captured.
c) Pizarro ambushed Athaulpa
d)
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