European Empires in the Americas 1500-1700

Cortes and the Spanish defeated the Aztec empire within

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 5 years

• 10 years

Francisco Pizarro set up his capital in

• Santiago

• Buenes Aires

• Sao Paolo

• Lima

Cortes decided the best way to control the Aztec would be to

• capture Montezuma

• join forces with Pizarro

• negotiate with the leaders

• burn Tenochtitlan

To prevent his troops from returning to Europe or Cuba, Cortez

• burned his ships

• kept them in chains

• refused to pay them

• locked away his maps

Where was the Aztec civilization located?

• Northern Argentina

• Western Chile

• Central Mexico

• The Southwestern United States

In 1608 Champlain establish _______, the first permanent French settlement

• New Spain

• New York

• Quebec

• St. Augustine

Governing Spanish official in the empire

• Creoles

• Mestizos

• Pueblo

• Viceroy

Unlike the Spanish, French settlers tried to

• enslave Native Americans

• end the fur trade

• explore the Southwest

• accept Native American ways

Robert De La Salle name Louisiana for the king of which country?

• France

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

On what continent did the Incas live?

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Africa