Conquest of the Americas Answers

How was the Inca empire impacted by European exploration and colonization?

Atahualpa was the leader of the

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, the perpetrators having lost all fear of God . . . and all sense of self-respect.–Bartolomé de las CasasAccording to Bartolomé de las Casas, the effect of atrocities, injustices, and outrageous acts on the perpetrators is that

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

The conquistadors were driven primarily by

The Aztecs controlled the most powerful empire in

Paying tribute included giving gold or human sacrifice victims to a larger, more powerful empire. Which empire forced others to pay tribute?

For what primary purpose did the Spanish enslave many Indigenous peoples?

Why did the Spanish government establish the encomienda system in the Spanish colonies?