Conquest of the Americas Answers

Moctezuma II ruled over

What was the most significant result of the Spanish colonization of Central and South America?

Which Spanish class included Spanish colonists born in the Americas?

In the first Spanish colonies, how did nearly all Indigenous peoples die?

Which is true regarding Moctezuma II?

When a nation conquers and settles another country for its own benefit, this practice is called

Read the passage by Bartolomé de las Casas.[Since New Spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. These so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. And [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated.–Bartolomé de las CasasWhich excerpt from the passage best supports Bartolomé’s argument that the Spanish were not behaving as Christians should?

Read the passage from The Florentine Codex.And [even] before the Spaniards had risen against us, a pestilence first came to be prevalent: the smallpox. It was the month of Tepeilhuitl when it began, and it spread over the people as great destruction. Some it quite covered with blisters on all parts – their faces, their heads, their chests, etc. . . . Entirely covered with blisters, very many people died of them. And very many starved; there was death from hunger, for none could take care of the sick; nothing could be done for them.–The Florentine Codex, 1579What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?

Atahualpa was the leader of the

Arranged from greatest privileges to fewest privileges, which is the correct order of the Spanish class system?