European Settlements in North America Test

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: "They wanted to convert natives to Christianity"

• colony

• natives

• missionaries

• slaves

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: "They wanted to get away from the Church of England"

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Irish Potato Famine

• Columbian Exchange

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: "Movement of people, animals, plants, and diseases between the Old World and the New World"

• Christopher Columbus

• Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

• Irish Potato Famine

• Columbian Exchange

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: "People who are taken and forced to work against their will"

• slaves

• colony

• worker

• missionaries

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: "They wanted to purify the Church of England"

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• missionaries

• slaves

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: "A settlement far from the country that rules it"

• colony

• proprietary colony

• missions

• workers

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: "Ruled by one owner appointed by the king"

• colony

• proprietary colony

• missions

• owner

What was Spain's main reason for establishing colonies in the Americas?

• wealth (gold)

• religion

• furs

• diamonds

Why were Protestants sent outside of the Spanish settlements?

• Spain wanted everyone to be Catholic

• Protestants were mean people

• Protestants didn't obey laws

• There were too many Protestants

Who governed the Spanish colonies?

• They made their own laws

• President

• Viceroys

• The Spanish Queen