Unit 3 Lesson 1

Unit 3 Lesson 1

The Spanish Colony in the Americas

Multiple Choice

A grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control Native Americans was a

• gold

• monarch

• class system

• encomienda

Multiple Choice

Spain settled a colony called New Spain. It was located in...

• Canada

• Mexico, the Caribbean and the Southern part of what is now the United States

• India

• The northern part of what is now the United States

Multiple Choice

A system for ranking people, usually based on wealth and power is...

• a class system

• an encomienda

• monarch

• used by the Native Americans

Multiple Choice

The top ranked class in their class system was the peninsulares. The peninsulares were

• someone with a Native American parent and a Spanish parent

• born from someone who came from Spain

• born in Spain

• the child of a slave and a Native American

Multiple Choice

The oldest European settlement in the United States is in...

• Miami

• St. Augustine

• Texas

• Fargo

Multiple Choice

The Spanish saw ____________ as a rival in the control of Florida.

• Germany

• Russia

• India

• France

Multiple Choice

A ______________ was someone who traveled to a new area to persuade someone to believe in a particular religion.

• missionary

• encomienda

• monarch

• conquistador

Multiple Choice

The relationship between the Spaniards and Native Americans was usually one of ________________.

• cooperation

• conflict

Multiple Select

Put a check in each box that describes a negative affect the Spanish caused on the Native Americans.

• Native Americans died from diseases the Spanish brought from Europe.

• Native Americans were forced to work hard by the Spanish.

• The Spanish took land from the Native Americans.

• They shared the riches of the land.