Aztecs and Cortes

Question 1

What animal did the Spaniards have that the Aztec people had never seen before?

Accepted Answer

horse

Question 2

The Spaniards were helped by neighboring groups of people who hated the Aztecs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What is the official name of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

United Mexican States

Question 4

How many Aztec people live in Mexico today?

Accepted Answer

more than 1,000,000

Question 5

How many states are in Mexico?

Accepted Answer

32

Question 6

At first the Aztecs thought the Spaniards were

Accepted Answer

gods

Question 7

Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztec people of Mexico.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The Spaniards had no interest in converting the indigenous people to Christianity.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

In what ways does Aztec culture still influence life today?

Accepted Answer

celebrations, clothing, language, food, games

Question 10

What is the capital of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Mexico City

Question 11

The capital city of the Aztec kingdom was called Tenochtitlan. Today, this place is called ________________.

Accepted Answer

Mexico City

Question 12

What happened to the Aztec civilization after this long war?

Accepted Answer

All are correct.

Question 13

Which continent is Mexico part of?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 14

The Aztecs were the first civilization to offer free education for all of its people.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

What were some of the Aztec's common foods?

Accepted Answer

maize (corn, beans, squash, and potatoes

Question 16

Cortes was killed during the battle for Tenochtitlan.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Atahualpa was the chief of the Aztecs.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

The governor of Cuba sent Cortes to the land now known as Mexico to search for gold.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Cortes and his soldiers divided among themselves all the gold and silver captured in Mexico.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Cortes used horses, guns, cannons, and steel armor to defeat the more numerous Aztecs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What was the name of the capital city of the Aztec people?

Accepted Answer

Tenochtitlan

Question 22

Cortes was a

Accepted Answer

conquistador

Question 23

What was the name of the group of people conquered by Cortes?

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 24

What did Cortes destroy along the Mexican coast before marching inland?

Accepted Answer

ships

Question 25

Who was the chief of the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

Montezuma II

Question 26

Hernan Cortes came to the new World in the 1500's and:

Accepted Answer

led an expedition to Mexico

Question 27

In the years following his conquests in Mexico, Cortes continued to spread Spanish rule in

Accepted Answer

Central America

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