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Spanish Exploration of North America

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group of people in the Spanish owned the most land and ran the large estates/plantations in the colonies?

a)

Creoles

b)

African Americans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Peninsulares

2.

_________________ were the people who were born in the Spanish colonies who had Spanish parents.

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Mulattos

d)

Mestizos

3.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was an explorer and conquistador who was the first European to view the:

a)

Seven Cities of Gold

b)

Grand Canyon

c)

Fountain of Youth

d)

Mississippi River

4.

Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer best known for his "discovery" of:

a)

Florida

b)

Cuba

c)

Fountain of Youth

d)

Texas

5.

The Spanish explorers were primarily looking for:

a)

Gold

b)

Slaves

c)

the Fountain of Youth

d)

Both slaves and gold

6.

__________________ is best known for his 1565 founding of what would become the oldest continuously inhabited city in present day United States.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Francisco de Coronado

c)

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

d)

Leif Erikson

7.

The mixed race of Native Americans and African Americans was known as:

a)

Mulatoes

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Creoles

d)

Mestizos

8.

This explorer was known as the first European to "discover" the Mississippi River:

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Francisco de Coronado

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

9.

Peninsulares were people within the Spanish Social Structure who were:

a)

Native Americans

b)

born in South America

c)

born in Spain

d)

born in the colonies, but had Spanish parents

10.

________________, Florida is the oldest continually inhabited city in present day United States.

a)

St. Louis

b)

San Juan

c)

Miami

d)

St. Augustine