Colonial Life Reinforcement Questions - 5th Grade

Why did European explorers sail to the Americas?

• To meet Vikings

• To find faster routes to Asia

• To talk to Incas and Aztecs

What European explorer "discovered" the Americas in 1492?

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

Who were called "conquistadors"?

• Spanish explorers

• Native Americans

• Empires from Mexico

A colony is...

• A type of farm

• A settlement ruled by another country

• A formal partnership

British and French fought many battles for controling Canada

• True

• False

In 1655, Latin America was divided into three Viceroyalties

• True

• False

People who lived in Latin America's colonies belonged to different social classes?

• True

• False

Click on the social classes that existed in Colonial Latin America

• Acadians, Métis, Huron, and Iroquois

• Peninsular, Creole, Mestizo, and Mulatto

During the Triangular Trade Africans were enslaved, sold, and forced to work

• True

• False

Native Americans WERE NOT forced to convert to Christianity

• True

• False