Lesson 3: Spain Builds an Empire

What are Spanish soldiers called ?

• Presidios

• Conquistadors

• Tenochtitlan

• Soldiers

Which conquistador destroyed the Aztec empire?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Which conquistador conquered the Incan Empire?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca

Which was not the cause of the Aztec and Incan defeat?

**Refer to the chart on page 47.**

• Spanish steel armor and weapons

• Spanish horses

• European diseases

• Spanish alliance with Aztec and Inca enemies

• El Camino Real

What are the three kinds of settlements in New Spain?

**Refer to page 47.**

• Pueblos

• Missions

• Presidios

• Cliff Dwellings

• Viceroys

Who spoke out against the treatment of Native Americans

• Moctezuma

• Hernan Cortes

• Bartolome de Las Casas

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

An _________ was a system that rewarded settlers by taxing local Native Americans and/or forcing them to work.

• Encomienda System

• Plantation System

• Royal Governors

• Columbian Exchange System

What was El Camino Real?

• a Spanish territory

• a network of roads

• a Catholic Church

• a rural town

What was a plantation?

• a gold mine

• a large farm

• a kind of ship

• a class of people

What did Hernando de Soto discover in 1541?

**Refer to page 49.**

• Florida

• Alabama

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Grand Canyon