Spanish Explorers and Colonization Quiz

What is the action of settling among and establishing control over the Indigenous people of an area to benefit and enrich the colonizers?

• Colonization

• Conquest

• Exploration

• Settlement

What motivated many European explorers during the Age of Exploration?

• Power, control, and expansion

• Fame, fortune, and spreading Christianity

• Adventure, knowledge, and trade

• Exploration, colonization, and settlement

Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire in present-day Mexico?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

Which explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Hernán Cortés

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Who was the Italian-born explorer who sailed for both Spain and Portugal and suspected that he was looking at a continent entirely different from Asia?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Juan Ponce de León

Which Spanish conquistador explored what is today the state of Florida and named it 'La Florida'?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernán Cortés

What system did the Spanish establish in the new colonies, forcing Indigenous people to work for the colonizers in return for education about Christianity?

• Settlement

• Hierarchy

• Encomienda

• Conquest

What was the greatest impact of Spanish contact with the Indigenous people in the Americas?

• Introduction of European diseases

• Loss of cultural identity

• Religious persecution

• Forced labor in mines

What did many Indigenous people die from as a result of the encomienda system?

• Overwork

• Starvation

• Disease

• Rebellion

What did the Spanish explorers think they were in when they encountered the new landmass of the Americas?

• Australia

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia