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WorksheetsSpanish Colonial Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who is the person known to spread the word about the New World to the Europeans?
Donald Trump
Christopher Columbus
Cabeza de Vaca
Vikings
What were the 3 big powers (France, England and Spain) fighting over?
MONEY $$$$$$$$$
SLAVES
FOOD
LAND
What did Pineda, Cabeza De Vaca and Coronado have in common?
They were all conquistadors who came to the New World to explore land
They were all friends with the Natives
What was the myth that existed during the Age of Contact (it made people search for gold)
Big foot
the flying spaghetti monster
The Five Cities of Riches
The Seven Cities of Gold
Why was the year 1519 important?
it was the year Columbus discovered the Americas
it was the year Pineda mapped the coast of Texas
It was the year that Texas became free from Mexico
It was the year that Spanish won the war with France
Christopher Columbus was ORIGINALLY trying to find a trade route where?
area 51
France
Mexico
Asia
What were the 2 countries competing for land in the 1400s?
China and France
Mexico and USA
France and Spain
Germany and Mexico
How did the Spanish respond to La Salle making the first French settlement in Texas?
They didn't care
They wanted to continue expanding their empire and this made them create missions and presidios
Spanish, who?
They got scared and stopped expanding
Instead of finding gold, what did the Spanish find in the Americas instead?
their madres
silver
corn
land
The myth of the Seven Cities of Gold/Seven Cities of Cibola said that there were cities with gold & riches in the Americas. This myth motivated many conquistadors to explore the Americas.
TRUE! FACTS!
FALSE! LIES!
Why did the Spanish want to convert the Natives into Catholicism?
They wanted to make sure everybody went to heaven.
The Spanish never converted anyone...What are you talking about?
They wanted to make sure that the Natives followed the true religion and became good citizens under the Spanish empire.
They wanted to make sure everybody was Catholic instead of Buddhist.
Which of the following are ways the Natives lives were changed forever by Spanish colonization? YOU CAN PICK MORE THAN 1 ANSWER!
They were forced to make room in their own home for new people, the Europeans
They had to speak Spanish
They had to change their clothes
They had to change their religion into Catholicism.
Why did the Spanish want their missions next to their presidios?
For protection from the French, Natives and other enemies.
To make sure they can grow crops and other plants
To make sure they can sell can things and make money
To convert people
Who is Fray Damian Massanet and what did he do?
He began the San Antonio missions
He opened the first Mission in East Texas, San Francisco de lo Tejas to convert Caddo Indians to the Catholic faith.
He was a conquistador and fought with the Natives
He was a French man and helped La Salle make the first French settlement in Texas, Fort St. Louis
