Spanish Colonization of the Americas (ReadWorks passage)

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

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2

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

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2

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

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1

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

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2

What is the main idea of this text?

Who/what: ​​​ (a)  

Did what?​​ (b)  

When:​ (c)   ​

Where:​ (d)  

Why:​ ​ (e)  

• Spanish Conquistadors
• 1940's
• 1490's
• South and Central America
• Indigenous people
• suffered greatly
• by the conquest of Spanish Conquistadors
• America
• to get new land

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2

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

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.a

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

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.a

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.a

According to the text, how did the arrival of the Spanish affect the Native Taino population who lived in Hispaniola?

Give text evidence.

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.d

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.10

Why was the encomienda system beneficial for Spanish settlers?

Give text evidence.

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.d

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.10