Spanish Colonization of the Americas (ReadWorks passage)
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4th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When he established Hispaniola, who did Christopher Columbus take land from?
the Indigenous Maya people of Guatemala
the Guarani people of South America
The Native Taino people of the Carribean
the Nahua people of Mexico and El Salvador
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The Taino population suffered greatly because of the Spanish Empire. According to the text, what caused the population to decline?
harsh forced labor
food shortages caused by flooding
European diseases
war and the ending of trade routes
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the following passage from the text:
"Starting in the late 1400's, Spanish conquistadors explored lands in places that were new to them and destroyed the Native civilizations there to gain control of much of South and Central America... Balboa and his men found what they were looking for. On September 25, 1513, they stood atop a mountain and looked out over a body of water Balboa called 'the South Sea.' Today we call it the Pacific Ocean. Balboa marched down to the ocean and tasted the salt water, just to be sure. Then, as conquistadors often did, he declared all the lands washed by this sea to now be owned by his homeland, Spain."
What conclusion can you draw from this evidence?
Balboa was not concerned about whether people already lived on the land that he was claiming.
Balboa and his men traded food with different Indigenous peoples as they searched for the ocean
Instead of giving the land to Spain, Balboa took the land for himself and started his own empire
Balboa's men did not agree with him declaring the land for Spain and stopped supporting him
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
According to the text, how did the Spanish mistreat the Indigenous people living in the Americas through the encomienda system?
They enslaved Indigenous peoples and forced them to work their own land
They signed false treaties with Indigenous leaders
They hunted animals and stole crops from Indigenous lands
They took land from the Indigenous people
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
5.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the main idea of this text?
Who/what: (a)
Did what? (b)
When: (c)
Where: (d)
Why: (e)
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the following sentence from the text:
"Many were enslaved and forced by the Spanish to perform labor so the Spanish could profit."
What does the word "profit" most closely mean?
go back to live in Spain
help with the labor
organize protests
make more money
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.a
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below:
Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez, and Francisco Pizarro were Spanish conquistadors who took land from different Indigenous populations, ____ the Taino people oft he Caribbean, the Aztec people in modern-day Mexico, and the Inca people in Peru
otherwise
such as
eventually
therefore
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.a
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