Spanish Colonization Quiz

A Spanish ________ may have come to the Americas because he dreamed of becoming famous and wealthy.

• Mestizo
• Creole
• Conquistador
• Pueblo

Hernado Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro would go on to ________ the Aztec and Inca empires.

• Help
• Release
• Encomienda
• Conquer

Spanish colonists would visit the closest ______ to conduct business, either selling their crops or buying goods in the plaza.

• Mission
• Pueblo
• Presidio
• Encomienda

Spanish conquistadors would have lived in fortified _______, but Spanish colonists would not have lived there.

• Presidios
• Pueblos
• Missions
• Peninsulars

Indigenous people were forced to live on _______ as priests and friars tried to convert them to Christianity.

• Encomiendas
• Presidios
• Pueblos
• Missions

A ________ would have been at the top of New Spanish society because they were originally from Spain.

• Creole
• Indigenous person
• Peninsular
• Mestizo

Someone born in the Americas whose parents are both originally from Spain was known as a __________

• Creole
• Mestizo
• Conquistador
• Peninsular

A ______ was just above indigenous people, as they had one indigenous parent and one Spanish parent.

• Creole
• Conquistador
• Presidio
• Mestizo

Someone with an ______ could force native people to work on their land.

• Encomienda
• Peninsular
• Mission
• Pueblo

What did Hernando Cortes do after coming to the Americas?