Age of Exploration: Lesson 4

​Lesson 4: Spain's Overseas Empire

Please use pages 72-78 for this lesson

(Read every page!!!)​

Multiple Choice

Which state in America was an early frontier for the Spaniards?

• Hawaii

• Florida

• Wisconsin

• Texas

Match

Match the following

• explored southeastern U.S., failed to find gold, killed Native Americans by diseases his men carried

• led an expedition in search of a Fountain of Youth, named land "La Florida."

• sailed North from Cuba, hurricane wrecked his ship near Texas, walked several miles to reach Mexico City

• led an expedition across southwestern U.S., claimed large areas of land for Spain, first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon

Hernando de Soto

Juan Ponce de Leon

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Multiple Select

Select all that apply to "Francisco Vásquez de Coronado "

• stayed in a Native American village for 4 years

• walked by foot through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

• led an expedition of Spaniards, Africans, and Native Americans

• first European to see the Grand Canyon

Multiple Select

Select all that apply to "Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca"

• stayed in a Native American village for 4 years

• walked by foot through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

• led an expedition of Spaniards, Africans, and Native Americans

• first European to see the Grand Canyon

Multiple Choice

What areas did the Spain colonize in the 1500s?

• Southern Africa

• Southwestern Europe

• the Midwest

• Mexico, Central America, parts of South America

Open Ended

Encomiendas, land grants given to conquistadors, required native people living on the land to do what? How did encomiendas affect Native Americans?

Yanga led a rebellion...

Open Ended

Were the enslaved Africans right in starting a rebellion in search of their freedom from slavery? Please explain.

Reorder

Reorder the following from the socially highest to the socially lowest groups of people that made up New Spain.

• viceroy

• peninsulares

• criollos

• mestizos

• Native Americans and Enslaved Africans

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Open Ended

By 1800, what areas of land did the Spanish control and build settlements on?

​Vocab

Match

Match the following

• the far edge of a settled area

• a person who tries to persuade people to accept new religious beliefs

• to force someone to work against his or her will

• people who were both Spanish and Native American

frontier

missionary

enslave

mestizo

• frontier

• missionary

• enslave

• mestizo

Open Ended

What stuck out to you the most within this lesson?