The Spanish Colony in the Americas

Conquistador is ________________.

• a name for any explorer that claimed territory

• a name for the Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain

• a name for a person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony

What is a mission?

• A large estate farmed by many workers

• A religious settlement run by Catholic priests and friars

• Land granted to Spanish settlers that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans

What is a peninsulare?

• A religious settlement run by Catholic priests and friars

• A person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony

• In Spain’s American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background

What is the definition of creole?

• In Spain’s American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background

• Person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony

• Person born in Spain’s American colonies to Spanish parents

What is the definition of mestizo?

• In Spain’s American colonies, a person of mixed Spanish and Indian background

• Land granted to Spanish settlers that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans

• Large estate farmed by many workers

What is the definition of encomienda?

• Person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony

• Large estate farmed by many workers

• Land granted to Spanish settlers that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans

What is a mission?

• a group of people who leave their native country to form a settlement in a new land

• a large farm where cash crops are grown

• A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area

• a Spanish community for the religious conversion and training of Native Americans

All of the following are reasons why the conquistadors and other explorers came to the Americas EXCEPT...

• Glory

• God

• Gold

• Guns

All of the following are effects of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT...

• Smallpox and other diseases hit native populations extremely hard, killing more than 90 percent.

• The horse dramatically changed life on the Great Plains for many Native Americans.

• Most Native American communities prospered and grew.

• Europeans introduced new diseases.

What is the best name for the map above?

• Northwest Passage

• Columbian Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• the Bermuda Triangle