The Spanish Colony in the Americas (122-123)

What are peninsulares?

• The most powerful people in Spain.

• The most poor people in Spain.

• American Indians.

• Enslaved people from Africa.

What was New Spain rich in?

• ranching and farming

• gold and silver

• water and soil

• pearls and gold

What are rulers also known as?

• kings and queens

• encomienda

• monarchs

• missionary

What is a class structure?

• a grant from the Spanish government

• a system for ranking people according to their power or wealth

• rulers

• Spanish Colony

A grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to conrtol the local American Indians is known as -

• an encomienda

• a class structure

• monarchs

• missionary