Social Studies Study Guide

From which city did Spanish leaders govern most of the colonies in New Spain?

• Hispaniola

• Santa Fe

• Mexico City

Spain built _____ in the borderlands of New Spain to convert the American Indians to Christianity.

• Houses

• Missions

• Settlements

• Cities

_________ changed life for many American Indians after the arrival of the Spanish.

• Agriculture

• Corn

• Adobe

• Horses

The word "legislature" means _____.

• STuff

• The law making branch of a colony, a state government, or the national government.

• The silly branch of a colony, a state government, or the national government.

• The stuffed animals

Jamestown was founded on a river near Chesapeake Bay.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is a primary source?

• Someone who has heard about something

• A book

• A record of an event written by a person who took place or was present

• A record of the past

______ is an example of a primary source.

• A documentary about Jamestown

• A movie about the life of Pocahontas

• A book about explorers

• John Smith's book A Description of New England

_____ helped the first colonists in New England by teaching them how to farm and to fish in their new home.

• Ships from England

• Squanto and other Natives

• Other sailors sent to make settlements in New England

• Wild Animals

The Dutch established New Netherland in the present-day states of _____ and _____(pick 2)

• Maine

• New York

• Virginia

• New Jersey

Robert LaSalle claimed _____ of North America for France in 1684.

• The coast lining the Atlantic Ocean

• The Mississippi River

• The Mississippi Valley

• The coast lining the Pacific Ocean