The Conquistadores

question 25

Multiple Choice

The conquistadores

• A) established empires in Central and South America that lasted until the eighteenth century.
• B) lost control because of a bloody battle between the forces of Cortés and Pizarro.
• C) eventually lost control and were replaced with formal rule by the Spanish crown.
• D) eventually died of the very same smallpox they had unwittingly introduced to the Americas.
• E) in turn were defeated by French forces.