The Spanish Colonies Review

The Spanish Colonies

Review

Multiple Choice

Which nation started colonies in the Americas first?

• England

• France

• Spain

Multiple Choice

What did Spain start in the borderlands of New Spain to convert the Native Americans to Christianity?

• haciendas

• missions

• plantations

• presidios

Multiple Select

What two reasons did Spain set up colonies in North America? (choose 2 answers)

• to convert Native Americans to Christianity

• to be close to the ocean

• to protect its land

• people didn't want to go back to Spain

Multiple Choice

What word means large home or estate?

• mission

• plantation

• presidios

• hacienda

Multiple Choice

What role did religion play in Spanish settlements?

• Spain taught Native Americans about Christianity in exchange for goods such as food and furs.

• It didn't play a role.

• Spain sent missionaries to its colonies to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

Multiple Choice

What is another name for a Spanish fort?

• presidios

• plantations

• haciendas

Open Ended

What did Bartolomé de Las Casas do?

The Virginia Colony

Poll

What do you think happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?

• They went to live with the Croatoan Indians.

• They were killed by the Croatoan Indians.

• They died from starvation and disease.

Multiple Choice

What was one advantage of the Pilgrims' building their settlement on a bay?

• Land along bays is always good for farming.

• The location provided a defense from Native American attacks.

• The location provided a harbor near the Atlantic Ocean for easy access to shipping and trade.

• The Pilgrims could use the bay for fresh drinking water.

Multiple Choice

Which colony made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to Europe?

• Brazil

• New Netherland

• Plymouth

• Virginia

Multiple Choice

What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• New Amsterdam

• Jamestown

Multiple Choice

What word means "a lawmaking branch of government"?

• royal colony

• represent

• legislature

• indentured servant

Open Ended

Turn and talk (discuss with your neighbor): List two ways that the colonists and the Native Americans cooperated together and list two conflicts between the colonists and the Native Americans.

Vocabulary

Turn to page 154 in your Social Studies book and add the vocabulary words and their definitions to your composition notebook.