1. Why was young Pizzaro's childhood not ideal?
2. Why is there no record of his birth?
3. What basic skills did Pizzaro never learn?
4. What was his first job in Spain?
5. Where was Pizzaro in 1503 when he was 32 years old?
6. With what other explorers/conquerors did he work?
7. What famous explorer did he arrest?
8. How many expeditions did Pizzaro make to Peru?
9. On the second expedition, why did he draw a line in the sand?
10. How old was he when he started his third expedition?
11. What had been going on in Peru just before Pizzaro arrived? Who were the two men involved?
12. When Pizzaro met the Supreme Inca, Atahualpa, he was outnumbered 50,000 to 168. How did he mange to conquer Peru and protect himself at the same time?
13. How did Pizzaro treat Atahualpa?
14. How and why did the Spanish end up fighting each other?
15. How, where, and at what age did Francisco Pizzaro die?

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