Vocabulary-The Spanish Colonies

A land ruled by another country is known as______________

• a plantation

• a presidio

• a colony

• an estate

The very large farms found in the Spanish colonies were called ____________

• Plantations

• Colonies

• Borderlands

• Haciendas

The practice of holding people against their will.

• Mission

• Slavery

• Presidio

• Colony

The area of land between countries, colonies, or regions is known as the ______________.

• estate

• plantation

• presidio

• borderlands

What is the term used for a Spanish fort?

• Presidio

• Fortino

• Mission

• Hacienda

A religious settlement is also called a ___________

• presidio

• plantation

• mission

• colony

In the Spanaish colonies, a large estate with farmland for raising cattle and sheep is known as __________

• a house

• an estate

• a hacienda

• a presidio

"Juan and his family raised more sheep than cattle on their (a)   ."

"Many of the priests in the (a)   spent their days trying to convert the natives to Christianity."

"Miguel's family lived on a huge (a)   , growing many different kinds of food and raising animals, as well."