The Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs

Which dating system was created in the 3rd Century AD?

Which calendar had a leap day or year?

What event led to the change in the Catholic calendar in 1582?

Who financed Columbus's voyage to the New World?

Which country did Columbus mistakenly believe he had reached when he landed in the New World?

Which European power claimed the island of Hispaniola based on European law?

Which disease caused the majority of deaths among the Tano tribe members on Hispaniola?

Which group is known to have settled in Newfoundland around 1000 AD/CE?

Which goods from Asia were particularly desired by Europeans during the late Middle Ages?

Which technological achievement of the 15th Century aided Portuguese exploration?

Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?

Who served as Cortez's interpreter and helped him form alliances?

What was one of the religious practices of the Aztecs?

Which European explorer first crossed the Mississippi River?

Which river allowed the Spanish to claim most of North America?

Which European country played a significant role in American history despite giving up on colonial dominance of North America early on in the 17th Century?

Which country established the Encomienda System in its colonies, granting huge land grants to Spanish men and giving them the right to demand unlimited free labor and tribute from natives?

What was the social pyramid or caste system that developed in Spanish colonies based on race and ancestry?

Which European country based its colonization efforts in Canada on the fur trade and established fur trading posts such as Quebec and Montreal?

Which group of French colonizers actively traded furs with the natives and commonly married native women, creating a new group called the Metis?

Which group of French colonizers worked as the truck drivers of the fur trading era, transporting fur to the coast for transport to France or trade goods back to the trading posts?

Which group of French colonizers aimed to convert the natives to the Catholic faith by living with them in their villages, teaching them French, and using tricks such as predicting solar and lunar eclipses?

Which European nation founded the colony of New Netherland on the east coast of North America in the seventeenth century?