Lesson Quiz 3
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Lesson Quiz 3 Exploring the Americas DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. 1. Which of these powerful empires was conquered by Hernán Cortés? A. Aztec
C. Maya
B. Inca
D. Seven Cities of Cíbola
2. Whose army conquered the Inca Empire? A. Atahualpa
C. Hernán Cortés
B. Francisco Pizarro
D. Montezuma
3. For what was Juan Ponce de León searching when he landed in present-day Florida? A. enslaved people B. food C. the fountain of youth D. the Northwest Passage 4. Which of these was an essential part of the economy of the Spanish colonies? A. Native American currency
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B. priests C. enslaved workers D. tobacco 5. After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died of what cause? A. disease B. exposure to heat C. overcrowded conditions D. starvation DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item with its description. 6. Spanish explorer
A. pueblo
7. member of the Spanish upper class living in the Americas
B. conquistador
8. Spanish town in the Americas
C. mission
9. Spanish religious farming community
D. peninsulare
10. Spanish fort
E. presidio
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Lesson Quiz 3 Exploring the Americas DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. 1. Which of these powerful empires was conquered by Hernán Cortés? A. Aztec
C. Maya
B. Inca
D. Seven Cities of Cíbola
2. Whose army conquered the Inca Empire? A. Atahualpa
C. Hernán Cortés
B. Francisco Pizarro
D. Montezuma
3. For what was Juan Ponce de León searching when he landed in present-day Florida? A. enslaved people B. food C. the fountain of youth D. the Northwest Passage 4. Which of these was an essential part of the economy of the Spanish colonies? A. Native American currency
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use.
B. priests C. enslaved workers D. tobacco 5. After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died of what cause? A. disease B. exposure to heat C. overcrowded conditions D. starvation DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item with its description. 6. Spanish explorer
A. pueblo
7. member of the Spanish upper class living in the Americas
B. conquistador
8. Spanish town in the Americas
C. mission
9. Spanish religious farming community
D. peninsulare
10. Spanish fort
E. presidio
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