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Spanish Influence in the United States

Authored by Evelia Mendoza

World Languages

9th - 12th Grade

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Spanish Influence in the United States
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Match the following

Juan Ponce de León

The first European explorer of Florida

Moctezuma

Conquered the Incan king, Atahualpa

Francisco Pizarro

A Genoese navigator who became an explorer for Spain

Cristóbal Colón

The king of the Aztecs

Hernán Cortés

He conquered México and the Aztecs.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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He was shipwrecked on Texas' coast in 1528. He was captured, enslaved, and wandered for six years after escaping.

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

Hernando de Soto

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Match the following

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

He explored the Californian coast in 1542.

Hernando de Soto

He was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

He explored parts of Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico. He reached Mexico in 1536.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

He was the first Spaniard to explore what is now New Mexico and Arizona.

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

He was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.

4.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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(a)   explored much of Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama and Oklahoma.

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Santa Barbara

The oldest capital in the United States

St. Augustine, Florida

Most famous of the Spanish missionaries

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Known as the "Queen of the California Missions"

Fray Junípero Serra

Known as Coast Highway 101 today

Camino Real

The oldest city in the United States

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Select the states with names influenced by Spanish.

California

Ohio

Colorado

Nevada

Washington

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Brazos, Rio Grande, and Colorado are example of ___ influenced by Spanish.

states

rivers

mountains

cities

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