Where was Cortes Born
  • Australia
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • England
When was he born
  • 1483
  • 1484
  • 1485
  • 1486
What age was he when started sailing
  • 15
  • 19
  • 22
  • 24
Where did Cortes voyage to first?
  • Cuba
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • South America
What year did Hernan Cortes travel to Mexico?
  • 1519
  • 1520
  • 1521
  • 1522
What group was conquered by Cortes
  • Maya
  • Inca
  • Anasazi
  • Aztecs
What country did Cortes claim land for?
  • France
  • Spain
  • England
  • Cuba
What year did Cortes conquer the Aztecs?
  • 1519
  • 1520
  • 1521
  • 1522
Who was the leader of the Aztecs
  • Montezuma
  • Sapa Inca
  • Technoctitlan
  • Pizzaro
Which of the following was NOT an impact of Cortes' conquests?
  • Native people were forced to convert to Christianity
  • The Spanish built governments in what is now Mexico City
  • The Aztecs were afflicted by smallpox
  • The Aztec civilization grew
What did Montezuma think that these strangers were?
  • Gods
  • Eskimos
  • Travelers
  • Indians
What did Cortés decide to do?
  • He decided to become friends with the Aztecs.
  • He decided to leave Mexico.
  • He decided to leave the Aztecs alone.
  • He decided to conquer the Aztecs.
Hernán Cortés conquered the area where ____________ is now located.
  • Mexico City
  • Laredo
  • Monterrey
  • Dallas
When did Cortes die
  • 1546
  • 1547
  • 1548
  • 1549
Where did Cortes die
  • Baja California
  • Spain
  • Mexico
  • England
The defeat of the Muslims, and the Spanish Inquisition where all non-Catholics in Spain were removed, created a sense of political and religious ______________ in Spain.
  • Separation
  • Unity
Hernan Cortes, a young noble at the time, believed these changes made Spain a (better/worse) place to live.
  • Better
  • Worse
At the age of (over 30/under 30), Cortes set sail for the "New World" to help colonize it.
  • Over 30
  • Under 30
Hernan Cortes had a reputation for being very (brash and rebellious/kind and well mannered) as a child.
  • Brash and rebellious
  • Kind and well-mannered
Cortes set out to go to the land of (Hispaniola/India) to colonize it before his expedition to meet the Aztecs.
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  • Hispaniola
  • India
Cortes' largest reason to sail and to colonize Hispaniola was for (God/Gold).
  • God
  • Gold
Cortes joined an expedition to the island we now know as (Cuba/Jamaica) under the "Conquistador's Formula".
  • Cuba
  • Jamaica
The Spanish "Conquistador's Formula" always eventually led to (making the most powerful indigenous group an ally/taking the most powerful indigenous leader hostage)
  • Making the most powerful indigenous group an ally
  • Taking the the most powerful indigenous leader hostage
Conquered indigenous, or first nations people in the area, would then become (assimilated to the Spanish/slaves)
  • Assimilated to the Spanish
  • Slaves
Cortes stayed in Cuba as the new (governor/second in command) after the Spanish captured it.
  • Governor
  • Second in command
When Spanish scouts learned of a powerful new civilization on the inland of modern day Mexico, Cortes gathered an army of 11 ships, (500/1,000) fighting men, 100 sailors, 200 indigenous slaves, and 16 horses to explore the area.
  • 500
  • 1,000
The governor of Cuba's colony tried to cancel Cortes' expedition to the Aztec empire, because he was worried that (Cortes would take all the power/Cortes would lose the battle and weaken Spain).
  • Cortes would take all the power
  • Cortes would lose the battle and weaken Spain
Cortes landed on the coast of Mexico, and proceeded to create an 'independent' Spanish colony from all the others, including his old colony in Cuba. He now answered to (just himself/the King of Spain).
  • Just himself
  • The King of Spain
Once Cortes was safely on the land, he then (sent back all the people who were loyal to the old governor/burned down all his ships so no one could go back to the colonies)
  • Sent back all the people who were loyal to the old governor
  • Burned down all his ships so no one could go back to the colonies
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