Spanish Colonization Textbook Master

Which Kingdom sponsored the first European colonization in the Americas?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

In what year did Christopher Columbus arrive in the Americas?

• 1515

• 1492

• 1419

• 1519

Which event occurred in 1492 CE?

• Cortez began to conquer the Aztecs

• Columbus claims the America's for Spain

• Spain began to send Conquistadors to the Americas

• Pizarro captured the Inca king Atahualpa

Who were the first people conquered by the Spanish in the Americas?

• The Aztecs

• The Mexica

• The Tainos

• The Caribe

What did the Taino have that encouraged the Spanish continue their conquest?

• Sugar

• Gold

• Spices

• Slaves

What did the Spanish do to decimate the Taino population?

• They tortured and killed them

• They spread small pox to them

• They enslaved and worked them to death

• They defeated them in combat

The term given to the Spanish soldiers who came to conquer the Americas is...

• Colonizers

• Conquistadors

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

Which island in the Caribbean was not part of the Spanish Empire?

• Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic)

• Puerto Rico

• Jamacia

• Cuba

Which of the following were part of the Spanish Colonies?

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Peru

• Jamaica

Which of the following gave the Spanish an advantage over the Native Americans?

• Gunpowder

• Horses

• Cattle

• Steel Swords

• Armor