- 1. What country was Hernando Cortes from?
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) England
D) France
- 2. Who acted as Cortes's interpreter and advisor during the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?
A) Bernal Diaz del Castillo
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Francisco de Orellana
D) La Malinche
- 3. After conquering the Aztec Empire, what title was bestowed upon Cortes?
A) Virrey de Nueva Espana
B) Marques del Valle de Oaxaca
C) Conde de Niebla
D) Duque de Veragua
- 4. Which European disease greatly devastated the native population during Cortes's conquest?
A) Measles
B) Smallpox
C) Influenza
D) Cholera
- 5. What was the name of the city-state ruled by Montezuma II?
A) Tenochtitlan
B) Palenque
C) Chichen Itza
D) Tikal
- 6. What year did Cortes first set foot in Mexico?
A) 1519
B) 1540
C) 1532
D) 1521
- 7. In what year did Cortes die?
A) 1525
B) 1556
C) 1547
D) 1571
- 8. Who was the Aztec god mistakenly believed to be returning when Cortes arrived?
A) Huitzilopochtli
B) Xipe Totec
C) Quetzalcoatl
D) Tlaloc
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