Spanish Colonial Quiz

What did the Spanish promise to give the Indigenous people in exchange for their labor?

• Protection

• Gifts

• Gold

• Glory

Who dedicated his life to ending the Encomienda system and helping the indigenous people of the New World?

• Bartolome da Las Casas

• Cristobal Colon

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

What were the actual effects of the Encomienda system in the real world?

• It made a few Spanish lords extremely rich and resulted in Spain becoming the richest country in Europe (maybe the whole world)

• It contributed to the growth of the African slave trade, causing millions of persons to be enslaved, forcibly moved across the sea, and exploited for centuries.

• It caused Spanish culture and religion to spread throughout the New World.

• It helped native peoples to become happy and wealthy and share their cultures freely and equally with Europeans.

• It resulted in Indigenous peoples being basically enslaved and killed due to disease, overwork, and poor nutrition.

What is a mission?

• Only accepted religion for the Spanish during the exploration and colonizing periods.

• Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics to convert the Indians

• A military base or (fort).

• A Spanish conqueror of the Americas.

Read or examine the map. (Click the + sign to magnify the image).

What area or region was claimed by Spain?

• the central part of present-day United States

• the eastern part of present-day United States

• the southern part & western part of present-day United States as well as present-day Florida (the state), Mexico and Central America

• the Caribbean Islands

Why was Spain eager to control land in America?

• It was said that there was mold in the New World

• It was said it was cold in the New World

• It was said there was gold in the New World

• t was said people are old in the New World

Juan de Onate is remembered for establishing which colony for Spain?

• New Mexico

• Texas

• Mexico

• Kansas

Which Pueblo resisted Onate's demands?

• Acoma

• Zuni

• San Juan

• Laguna

El Camino Real is the earliest European American trade route in the United States.

• True

• False

Spanish settlers were the first people to inhabit all the land along El Camino Real.

• True

• False