Spanish Colonization in North America

Who led one of the first Spanish expeditions into North America?

• Juan Ponce de León

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

• Marcos de Niza

What did Juan Ponce de León name the land he discovered in North America?

• La Florida

• Cíbola

• St. Augustine

• Pascua Florida

What did the Spanish colonizers first look for in North America?

• The Seven Cities of Cíbola

• Gold and silver riches

• The Fountain of Youth

• Indigenous settlements

Who claimed to have seen a shimmering golden city in what is now New Mexico?

• Marcos de Niza

• Juan Ponce de León

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

What type of buildings did the Pueblo people live in?

• Pueblos

• Presidios

• Apartments

• Forts

Who led the colonization of New Mexico?

• Juan Ponce de León

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

• Juan de Oñate

What did the Spanish colonizers do to the Pueblo people of New Mexico?

• Enslaved them

• Converted them to Catholicism

• Drove them out

• Made them their allies

What did the Spanish missionaries build in the borderlands?

• Missions

• Presidios

• Pueblos

• Forts

What diseases did the Spanish bring to the Indigenous people?

• Smallpox, measles, and influenza

• Malaria, typhoid, and cholera

• Tuberculosis, leprosy, and diphtheria

• Yellow fever, plague, and polio

What was the impact of Spanish colonization on the Indigenous people?

• Devastating

• Beneficial

• Neutral

• Unknown