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7th grade How Spain and Portugal built empires in the Americas worksheet

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How Spain and Portugal built empires in the Americas

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    The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (1531 to 1533)

    An arrow runs south from Panama along the coast of today's Ecuador, January 1531, labeled "Francisco Pizarro and about 180 men"; a stop at Tumbes, found destroyed and empty; an arrow inland to Cajamarca, labeled "November 16, 1532: Atahualpa taken prisoner"; a later arrow to Cusco, the Inca capital, in 1533. Key: a red arrow is the Spanish route; a crown is an Inca city; a broken line is the route of Spanish allies drawn from Atahualpa's enemies. Below the map: from 1529 to April 1532, the brothers Atahualpa and Huáscar fought a civil war for the throne, which weakened the Inca army. To win his freedom, Atahualpa promised a room filled with gold and twice that in silver. The Spanish executed him anyway, on July 26, 1533.

  2. How many men set out with Pizarro, by the map, Zee asks?

    • About 180
    • About 87
    • About 18
    • About 1,800

  3. Where was Atahualpa taken prisoner, Ari asks?

    • Tumbes
    • Cajamarca
    • Cusco, the Inca capital
    • Cusco

  4. When was Atahualpa taken prisoner, Bo asks?

    • April 1532, in Cusco
    • November 16, 1532
    • July 26, 1533
    • January 1531

  5. Which causes together help explain the Spanish conquest of the Inca, Esme asks?

    • The ransom of gold by itself
    • A flood in Cusco
    • 180 Spaniards with no help
    • A civil war, allies and Spanish soldiers

  6. How did the Inca civil war help the Spanish, Jun asks?

    • It moved the capital to Spain
    • It weakened the Inca army
    • It made the army stronger
    • It united the Inca

  7. Who joined the Spanish against Atahualpa, by the map, Kira asks?

    • Atahualpa's enemies
    • Portuguese sailors
    • Aztec soldiers from 1521
    • Atahualpa's own army

  8. About how long was Atahualpa held prisoner, Noah asks?

    • About 8 months
    • About 8 days
    • About 2 years
    • About 8 years

  9. Atahualpa paid a huge ransom. Which sentence fits the map's note best, Pia asks?

    • The Spanish freed him as promised
    • The ransom ended the war at once
    • The Spanish executed him anyway
    • He paid with Portuguese coins

  10. Ren's friend says 180 Spaniards beat the Inca all by themselves. What is the best reply?

    • Disagree: Portugal sent the soldiers
    • Agree: the Inca had no army
    • Agree: they had no help
    • Disagree: allies and a civil war helped

  11. Pizarro found Tumbes destroyed and empty. Which claim fits that clue, Tala asks?

    • Tumbes was in Spain
    • The city had been destroyed before he came
    • Pizarro built the city
    • The city was full of soldiers waiting for him
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How Spain and Portugal built empires in the Americas. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can read the Treaty of Tordesillas line (1494) and say which side went to Spain and which to Portugal, and why Brazil became Portuguese.
  • I can trace the Spanish conquest of the Inca (1531–1533) and explain it through several causes.
  • I can explain how silver, sugar and forced labor (the mita, the encomienda and slavery) made the empires rich, and say who gained and who paid.

Standard: D2.His.14.6-8

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