Hernán Cortés - Quiz
A) 1518 B) 1519 C) 1520 D) 1517
A) To map the coastline of Florida B) To establish a trade route to Asia C) To explore and secure the interior of Mexico for colonization D) To conquer South America and find spices
A) Because Cortés lacked sailing experience B) Because the King ordered him to cancel it C) Due to an old argument between the two D) Because Cortés ran out of money
A) December 1518 B) March 1520 C) February 1519 D) January 1518
A) Veracruz B) Trinidad, Cuba C) Havana, Cuba D) San Juan de Ulúa
A) About 11 ships B) About 2 ships C) About 5 ships D) About 20 ships
A) 200 men B) 500 men C) 1,100 men D) 600 men
A) Newly captured slaves from the African coast B) Skilled blacksmiths and shipbuilders from Spain C) Translators captured in the Caribbean D) "Seasoned" slaves accustomed to the climate, foods, and diseases of post-1492 America
A) 5 horses B) 15 horses C) 13 horses D) 50 horses
A) Tenochtitlán B) Veracruz C) San Juan de Ulúa D) The Yucatán Peninsula in Maya territory
A) Xicotencatl the Elder B) Pánfilo de Narváez C) Geronimo de Aguilar D) Pedro de Alvarado
A) Spanish merchant B) Spanish soldier C) Spanish Franciscan priest D) Portuguese navigator
A) Chontal Maya language B) Quechua C) Nahuatl language D) Latin
A) Gained in previous South American campaigns B) Highly praised by Velázquez C) Almost nonexistent D) Extensive and decorated
A) February 1519 B) November 1519 C) July 1519 D) March 1519
A) Fifty B) Twenty C) Ten D) Five
A) He sent them back to Spain B) He converted them all to Christianity C) He traded them for horses D) He freed them immediately
A) Xicotencatl B) Pitalpitoque C) La Malinche D) Tendile
A) Spanish and Latin B) Nahuatl and Chontal Maya C) Chontal Maya and Spanish D) Quechua and Nahuatl
A) Narváez and Alvarado B) Moctezuma II and Xicotencatl C) Tendile and Pitalpitoque D) Maxixcatzin and Aguilar
A) July 1519 B) April 1520 C) March 1519 D) August 1519
A) The Council of the Indies B) The Viceroy of Peru C) The Bishop of Burgos D) The governor of Cuba
A) He scuttled his ships B) He executed his captains C) He gave away all his weapons D) He burned all the food supplies
A) Moctezuma II B) Xicotencatl C) Pitalpitoque D) Tendile
A) November 1519 B) February 1519 C) July 1519 D) Mid-August 1519
A) Two hundred men B) Fifty men C) A hundred men D) Five hundred men
A) 1,100 soldiers B) 1,000 soldiers C) 500 soldiers D) 600 soldiers
A) 15 horsemen B) 25 horsemen C) 13 horsemen D) 60 horsemen
A) The Totonacs of Cempoala and the Nahuas of Tlaxcala B) The Otomis and the Cholulans C) The Aztecs and the Mayas D) The people of Tabasco and Hispaniola
A) The Totonacs and the Aztecs B) The Otomis and then the Tlaxcalans C) The forces of Velázquez and Narváez D) The Cholulans and the Mayas
A) Moctezuma II and Tendile B) Xicotencatl the Elder and Maxixcatzin C) Geronimo de Aguilar and La Malinche D) Pedro de Alvarado and Pánfilo de Narváez
A) August 1519 B) October 1519 C) November 1519 D) July 1519
A) The second-largest pre-Columbian city B) The capital of the Aztec Empire C) The largest port city D) The religious center of the Tlaxcalans
A) About 5,000 B) About 1,000 C) About 500 D) About 100
A) He forced them to rebuild his ships B) He converted them to Christianity and released them C) He took them all as hostages to Tenochtitlán D) He massacred thousands of them and partially burned the city
A) 30 June 1520 B) 25 September 1519 C) 8 November 1519 D) 1 July 1520
A) To establish a joint trade agreement B) Because he believed Cortés was truly a god C) Hoping to get to know their weaknesses better and crush them later D) To surrender his empire peacefully
A) Silver and precious textiles B) Cattle and horses C) Lavish gifts of gold D) Spices and cocoa beans
A) An Aztec ancestor returned from the dead B) Quetzalcoatl or an emissary of Quetzalcoatl C) The sun god Huitzilopochtli D) The governor of Cuba
A) Moctezuma had fled the capital city B) Narváez had landed with a large army C) Several Spaniards on the coast had been killed by Aztecs while supporting the Totonacs D) Tlaxcala had broken their alliance
A) Geronimo de Aguilar B) Xicotencatl the Younger C) Pánfilo de Narváez D) Pedro de Alvarado
A) November 1519 B) June 1520 C) July 1519 D) April 1520
A) 1,100 men B) 500 men C) 200 men D) 600 men
A) 200 men B) 100 men C) 600 men D) 1,000 men
A) Narváez defeated Cortés and imprisoned him in Veracruz B) They negotiated a treaty to share Mexico C) Cortés was captured and sent back to Cuba D) Cortés overcame Narváez and convinced his men to join him
A) Pánfilo de Narváez B) Tendile C) Geronimo de Aguilar D) Pedro de Alvarado
A) 8 November 1519 B) 1 July 1520 C) 25 September 1519 D) 30 June 1520
A) He was poisoned by Pedro de Alvarado B) He was executed by Cortés for treason C) He was stoned to death by his own people D) He died of a sudden illness in the palace
A) He was killed by Tlaxcalan warriors during a raid B) He committed ritual suicide in the Great Temple C) He escaped the city and died in the jungle D) He was murdered by the Spaniards once they realized his inability to placate the locals
A) Havana B) Veracruz C) Cholula D) Tlaxcala
A) 2 – 5 September 1519 B) April – May 1520 C) 8 November 1519 D) 30 June – 1 July 1520
A) The Cholula causeway B) The Veracruz causeway C) The Cempoala causeway D) The Tlacopan causeway
A) They captured the Aztec leaders B) They were massacred C) They successfully held off the Aztecs D) They deserted and joined Moctezuma
A) Geronimo de Aguilar B) All of their horses C) La Malinche D) His artillery
A) Bernal Díaz del Castillo B) Christoph Weiditz C) Francisco López de Gómara D) Bartolomé de las Casas
A) Bartolomé de las Casas B) Christoph Weiditz C) Francisco López de Gómara D) Bernal Díaz del Castillo
A) Darkly tanned B) Somewhat grey C) Very pale D) Bright and rosy
A) 1492 B) 1450 C) 1504 D) 1485
A) Catalína Pizarro B) Juana Cortés C) Isabella of Castile D) Leonor Sanchez Pizarro
A) Francisco Pizarro B) Christopher Columbus C) Hernán Cortés D) Martín Cortés
A) 18 B) 12 C) 14 D) 16
A) A military career B) A career in farming C) A profitable legal career D) The priesthood
A) Extremadura B) Hispaniola C) Medellín D) Salamanca
A) Bartolomé de las Casas B) Hernán Cortés C) Francisco Pizarro D) Christopher Columbus
A) 1541 B) 1519 C) 1547 D) 1843
A) Maya Empire B) Spanish Empire C) Aztec Empire D) Inca Empire
A) Doña Marina B) Catalina C) Juana D) Isabella
A) 1547 B) 1519 C) 1541 D) 1843
A) Governor B) Viceroy C) Captain General D) Alcalde
A) Hernán Cortés B) Diego Velázquez C) Antonio de Mendoza D) William H. Prescott
A) The Pope B) The governor of Cuba C) The viceroy D) The king
A) Francisco Hernández de Córdoba B) Diego Velázquez C) Alonso Quintero D) Juan de Grijalva
A) Santo Domingo B) Cádiz C) Santiago D) Azua de Compostela
A) 21 B) 15 C) 18 D) 26
A) Governor B) Municipal magistrate C) Treasurer D) Notary
A) 1504 B) 1511 C) 1506 D) 1518
A) 26 B) 18 C) 22 D) 30
A) Bonanza B) Alcalde C) Encomienda D) Quinto
A) Treasurer B) Captain general C) Municipal magistrate D) Governor's secretary
A) Grijalva B) Taíno C) Catalina Xuárez D) Alonso Quintero
A) Galleons B) Rafts C) Fortresses D) Brigantines
A) Tlaxcala B) Pánuco C) Tlatelolco D) Cuba
A) Cuauhtémoc B) Antonio de Villafana C) Francisco de Garay D) Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
A) Captain general B) Chief justice C) Governor D) Viceroy
A) Three B) Two C) Five D) Four
A) The mita system B) The hacienda system C) The feudal system D) The encomienda system
A) 1526 B) 1529 C) 1522 D) 1525
A) Martín Cortés B) Moctezuma C) Diego Velázquez D) Cuauhtemoc
A) Three B) Four C) Two D) Seven
A) As prisoners bound with a chain closed with a lock beneath the shield B) As headless statues surrounding the shield C) As rulers sitting on golden thrones D) As soldiers holding swords
A) "Don Martín" B) "The Conqueror" C) "The Marquess" D) "El Mestizo"
A) 1522 B) 1529 C) 1526 D) 1525
A) One child B) Two children C) Three children D) Four children
A) The local indigenous leaders B) The Council of the Indies C) The general of each order D) The pope
A) May 1524 B) December 1530 C) January 1521 D) May 1519
A) The protector of the realm B) The defender of the faith C) The new Moses D) The apostle of the West
A) 1524 B) 1555 C) 1519 D) 1585
A) Four B) Six C) Five D) Three
A) Albornoz B) Zuazo C) Estrada D) Cortés
A) Mid 1527 B) 1524 C) Late 1526 D) Early 1528 |
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