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WorksheetsSpanish Exploration of North America
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which group of people in the Spanish owned the most land and ran the large estates/plantations in the colonies?
Creoles
African Americans
Native Americans
Peninsulares
_________________ were the people who were born in the Spanish colonies who had Spanish parents.
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mulattos
Mestizos
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was an explorer and conquistador who was the first European to view the:
Seven Cities of Gold
Grand Canyon
Fountain of Youth
Mississippi River
Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer best known for his "discovery" of:
Florida
Cuba
Fountain of Youth
Texas
The Spanish explorers were primarily looking for:
Gold
Slaves
the Fountain of Youth
Both slaves and gold
__________________ is best known for his 1565 founding of what would become the oldest continuously inhabited city in present day United States.
Christopher Columbus
Francisco de Coronado
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
Leif Erikson
The mixed race of Native Americans and African Americans was known as:
Mulatoes
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
This explorer was known as the first European to "discover" the Mississippi River:
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto
Francisco de Coronado
Ferdinand Magellan
Peninsulares were people within the Spanish Social Structure who were:
Native Americans
born in South America
born in Spain
born in the colonies, but had Spanish parents
________________, Florida is the oldest continually inhabited city in present day United States.
St. Louis
San Juan
Miami
St. Augustine
