Conquest and colonization

1. What was the main objective of the colonization of Mexico, Peru, and Colombia?

• a) Expand European territory

• b) Find new trade routes

• c) Evangelize indigenous peoples

• d) All of the above

2. What was the most important indigenous empire in Mexico before the arrival of the Spanish?

• a) Aztec

• b) Inca

• c) Maya

• d) Chibcha

3. Who led the conquest of Mexico?

• a) Hernán Cortés

• b) Francisco Pizarro

• c) Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

• d) None of the above

4. 4. What was the mita in the colonization of Peru?

• a) A tribute that indigenous people had to pay to the Spanish

• b) A system of forced labor in the mines

• c) A form of evangelization of indigenous peoples

• d) None of the above

5. Who led the conquest of Peru?

• a) Hernán Cortés

• b) Francisco Pizarro

• c) Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

• d) None of the above