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