SS Quiz Review Lesson 3-1

A system granted from the Spanish government that gives Spanish settlers the right to take land and control local American Indians on that land.

• class system

• encomienda

• missionsary

• viceroy

Someone who is sent by a king or queen to rule a colony.

• class system

• encomienda

• missionary

• viceroy

Someone who is sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion.

• class system

• encomienda

• missionary

• viceroy

A method of ranking people, often by race, power, or wealth.

• class system

• encomienda

• missionary

• viceroy

Which countries were affected by the Treat of Tordesillas?

• Spain and France

• Portugal and England

• Portugal and France

• Spain and Portugal

Which is NOT a reason Spain was concerned with France?

• France had built Fort Caroline along the Florida coast.

• The French might gain control of more land in North America.

• French soldiers might steal valuable resources from Spain.

• Pedro Menendez founded a settlement named St. Augustine in New Spain.

What was the MAIN reason Spain sent priests, settlers, and soldiers to New Spain?

• to move their center of power from Europe to New Spain

• to lay full claim to the land and resources available in New Spain

• to share responsibility for colonies with other European nations

• to improve the lives of American Indians

Which is the correct order (from top to bottom) of the class system set up in New Spain?

• Peninsular, American Indians and enslaved Africans, Criollo, Mestizo

• Mestizo, Peninsular, Criollo, American Indians and enslaved Africans

• Criollo, Mestizo, American Indians and enslaved Africans, Peninsular

• Peninsular, Criollo, Mestizo, American Indians and enslaved Africans

Which is NOT an example of cooperation between the Spanish colonists and American Indians.

• A Spanish priest translated some Catholic teachings into the Timucuan language in 1612.

• The Spanish forced the Timucuan Indians into the missions.

• Spanish leaders did not challenge their right to govern their own people

• Spanish leaders offered gift to Indian leaders

Which is NOT an example of conflict between the Spanish colonists and American Indians.

• Spanish leaders offered gift to Indian leaders

• Spanish forced the Timucuan Indians into the missions

• Spanish sometimes used force to change the way Indians lived, worked, and worshipped

• many Indians suffered from harsh treatment and died of overwork and from illnesses carried by the Spanish