Chapter 6 Review

Who were the first peoples of the Americas encoutered by Columbus?

• Aztec
• Taino
• Maya
• Inca

What was Columbus seeking on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Inca gold
• Taino canoes and hammocks
• Asian spices and silks
• plants from the Americas 

Dona Marina helped Cortes conquer the Aztec by 

• persuading many of the Aztec enemies to join Cortes's army
• carrying disks of silver and gold to the Aztec
• opening the entrances to Tenochitlan for Cortes
• reporting on the movements of the Aztec to Cortes

Why were the Spaniards able to conquer the Aztec empire?

• The Aztec refused to fight.
• The Aztec were betrayed by their priests.
• The Aztec were greedy.
• The Spaniards had better weapons. 

What was an encomienda?

• A large piece of land given to a colonist by the government of Spain
• a Maya book destroyed by the Spaniards
• a Spanish soldier looking for gold
• a person who taught his or her religious beliefs to others

A Spanish priest who defended the rights of the Indians

• Atahualpa
• Yanga 
• Bartolome de las Casas
• Estevanico 

The Inca emperor conquered by the Spanish

• Estevanico
• Atahualpa
• Yanga
• Ferdinand Magellan 

Yanga was 

• a ship to sail from Spain to Africa
• an escaped African captive who kept his followers safe from Spanish soliders trying to capture them
• another name for Inca gold
• an African scout 

Ferdinand Magellan was

• the Portuguese sea captain in charge of the first known circumnavigation of the world
• an African scout who explored the southwestern United States in the middle 1500's

An African scout who explored the southwestern United States in the middle 1500s

• Estevanico
• Yanga
• Atahualpa
• Batolome de las Casas