Wordy Words
Mandatory military service.
What is conscription?
The Aztecs lived in this current day country.
What is Mexico?
The European credited with defeating the Aztecs.
Who is Cortes?
Two ways that the Aztecs and Spanish were similar.
How many steps were in the Conquistador Formula?
What is five?
A leader of an expedition to conquer colonies.
This country completed the Reconquista.
What is Spain?
The emperor of the Aztecs who thought Cortes might be a god.
Who is Moctezuma?
When Cortes got financing for the Yucatan (Mexico), he had this many ships.
What is 11?
This was used to make horses sound more intimidating.
What are bells?
A Muslim place of worship.
What is a mosque?
After defeating this country, Cortes stayed there for eight years before growing restless.
What is Cuba?
This person was an intermediary and spied on the Aztecs for Cortes.
Who is Malinche?
Three reasons that led to the fall of the Aztecs.
What are superior weapons, horses, smallpox?
The first step in the Conquistadors' Formula?
What is 'an expedition would set out from a recent colony'?
A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
What is a siege?
The first university was established here.
What is Cairo?
The Governor of Cuba?
Who is Velasquez?
Malinche became known as this after converting to Christianity.
What is Dona Marina?
Two of the three tribes that the Spanish allied with.
Who are the Totonacs, Tlaxalans, Cholulans?
The son of a poor noble
What is a hidalgo?
Cortes was gifted a farm when he arrived at this island.
What is Hispaniola (present-day countries of Dominican Republic and Haiti)?
These two people were given the title of Catholic Monarchs.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
The purpose of the Spanish Inquisition.
What is to unite Spain under one religion?
When Cortes returned to Tenochtitlan six months after the first visit, it took this long to defeat the Aztecs.
What is 80 days?