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WorksheetsLife in the Spanish Colonies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which group had the highest rank in the social pyramid of colonial Spain?
a)
Creoles
b)
Mestizos
c)
Mullatoes
d)
Peninsulares
2.
True or False? Peninsulares were people born on the peninsula of Spain and only made up 2% of colonial pop.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Name of people at top
a)
Peninsulares
b)
Africans
c)
Amerindians
d)
Mestizos and Creoles
4.
The red is
a)
Portugal's naval base empire
b)
Spain's land based empire
c)
The 13 Colonies
d)
the Philippines
5.
a)
Before Christopher Columbus
b)
After Christopher Columbus
6.
Creoles were people born in the New World, but descended from people born in Spain. They were the least powerful class
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Mullatos made up most (45%) of the harsh social pyramid. They were:
a)
Creoles
b)
People born in Spain
c)
people with African and Native American heritage
d)
people with only African heritage
8.
True or False? African slaves were the 2nd smallest social group
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Click the one that is false
a)
Working conditions for Mullatos+slaves were awful
b)
Starvation was a huge concern
c)
Plantation work was easy
d)
Most people were poor and had few rights
10.
Africans were sold into slavery because
a)
the people agreed to it
b)
the Europeans were ethical (good)
c)
Diseases meant many who went to the New World died
d)
the Europeans did NOT want to make money
11.
The Peninsulares ran the colonial government in the name of...
a)
the poor
b)
the Creoles
c)
the King of Queens
d)
the King of Spain
12.
True or False?
Creoles could hold public office
Creoles could hold public office
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Which of the following is true?
a)
The largest social groups had the most power
b)
The Creoles were slaves
c)
Most worked in mines and on plantations
d)
The King of Spain did not seek gold or silver
14.
The social pyramid of colonial Spain was
a)
Not based on birth
b)
Merit Based
c)
Not based on personal input
d)
Race-based
15.
Haciendas were large estates where people...
a)
Worked on a plantation
b)
Worked in a mine
c)
Worked in a city
d)
Worked on a ship
16.
The Encomienda was a Spanish person's right to demand work from:
a)
Other Europeans
b)
the Spanish
c)
the Native Americans
d)
the Portuguese
17.
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Diseases and Plants
b)
Animals like elephants
c)
Ideas like Religion
d)
Medecines derived from plants
18.
Missionaries did all of the following except
a)
Destroy Native American religious shrines
b)
Convert people
c)
Help the poor
d)
Not live on haciendas and other large estates
19.
the Creoles were often
a)
Aborigines
b)
Army Officers
c)
born in Spain
d)
Led governments in the name of the Spanish King
20.
Pirates eager to get gold and silver were a worry for...
a)
The Native Americans
b)
The African slaves
c)
Captains of Spain's treasure ships
d)
The working poor of Spain
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