Unit 3 Vocabulary - Spanish Colonization

Another word for "land" is ​ (a)   and another word for fight is ​ (b)   so a ​ (c)   is fighting over land

• territory
• conflict
• territorial conflict

When you ​ (a)   land, you claim it for yourself and your own country.

• colonize
• frontier
• assimilate

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Mission

,

(b) Presidio

• Protect missions

• Friars

• Religios settlement

• Convert Natives

• Military fort

• Soldiers

The Spanish founded missions in Texas. Founded most closely means ______

• established

• closed

• transfered

• located

A ​ (a)   is a person who moves to live in a colony in a new land

• colonist
• presidio
• mission

In the Mission Presidio System, ​ (a)   were founded to convert Native Americans and ​ (b)   were founded to protect the land and the missions.

• missions
• presidios

Native Americans, friars, and soldiers all lived in small ​ (a)   at the missions and presidios.

• quarters
• ranchos
• assimilate
• frontier

Choose the location that best represents what was considered the FRONTIER in New Spain.

Choose the spot that best represents the location for Mexico City

-- Give up their Indigenous culture

-- Give up their Native religions

-- Adopt Spanish culture

This list gives an example of the word __________

• assimilate

• mission

• economy

• colonists