Chapter 3, Lesson 1: The Spanish Colony in the Americas

What is a monarch?

• a system for ranking people, often according to power or wealth

• a grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local Native Americans

• rulers

• conquerors

Which son of Columbus opposed the appointment of Ponce de Leon as governor of Puerto Rico?

• Daniel

• Dennis

• Diego

• Doug

In what year and voyage of Columbus did Ponce de Leon journey from Spain to the Americas?

• 1492 & 2nd

• 1496 & 2nd

• 1494 & 2nd

• 1493 & 2nd

What is an encomienda?

• a system for ranking people, often according to power or wealth

• a grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local Native Americans

• rulers

• conquerors

What is class structure?

• a system for ranking people, often according to power or wealth

• a grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local Native Americans

• rulers

• conquerors

Who were the most powerful people in New Spain?

• Mestizos

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

• African Slaves

If you were born in New Spain, but both of your parents were Spanish you were known as a...

• Creole

• Native American

• Spaniard

• Mestizos

 If you were mixed of Spanish and Native American you were considered a...

• Native American

• Monarch

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

Who did Spain see as rival for land?

• Germany

• France

• Ireland

• Russia

The oldest European settlement in the United States is...

• New Spain

• New Japan

• St. Bishop

• St. Augustine