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Spanish Colonial Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the person known to spread the word about the New World to the Europeans?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Vikings

2.

What were the 3 big powers (France, England and Spain) fighting over?

a)

MONEY $$$$$$$$$

b)

SLAVES

c)

FOOD

d)

LAND

3.

What did Pineda, Cabeza De Vaca and Coronado have in common?

a)

They were all conquistadors who came to the New World to explore land

b)

They were all friends with the Natives

4.

What was the myth that existed during the Age of Contact (it made people search for gold)

a)

Big foot

b)

the flying spaghetti monster

c)

The Five Cities of Riches

d)

The Seven Cities of Gold

5.

Why was the year 1519 important?

a)

it was the year Columbus discovered the Americas

b)

it was the year Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

c)

It was the year that Texas became free from Mexico

d)

It was the year that Spanish won the war with France

6.

Christopher Columbus was ORIGINALLY trying to find a trade route where?

a)

area 51

b)

France

c)

Mexico

d)

Asia

7.

What were the 2 countries competing for land in the 1400s?

a)

China and France

b)

Mexico and USA

c)

France and Spain

d)

Germany and Mexico

8.

How did the Spanish respond to La Salle making the first French settlement in Texas?

a)

They didn't care

b)

They wanted to continue expanding their empire and this made them create missions and presidios

c)

Spanish, who?

d)

They got scared and stopped expanding

9.

Instead of finding gold, what did the Spanish find in the Americas instead?

a)

their madres

b)

silver

c)

corn

d)

land

10.

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.

a)

TRUE! FACTS!

b)

FALSE! LIES!

11.

Why did the Spanish want to convert the Natives into Catholicism?

a)

They wanted to make sure everybody went to heaven.

b)

The Spanish never converted anyone...What are you talking about?

c)

They wanted to make sure that the Natives followed the true religion and became good citizens under the Spanish empire.

d)

They wanted to make sure everybody was Catholic instead of Buddhist.

12.

Which of the following are ways the Natives lives were changed forever by Spanish colonization? YOU CAN PICK MORE THAN 1 ANSWER!

a)

They were forced to make room in their own home for new people, the Europeans

b)

They had to speak Spanish

c)

They had to change their clothes

d)

They had to change their religion into Catholicism.

13.

Why did the Spanish want their missions next to their  presidios?

a)

For protection from the French, Natives and other enemies.

b)

To make sure they can grow crops and other plants 

c)

To make sure they can sell can things and make money 

d)

To convert people 

14.

Who is Fray Damian Massanet and what did he do?

a)

He began the San Antonio missions

b)

He opened the first Mission in East Texas, San Francisco de lo Tejas to convert Caddo Indians to the Catholic faith.

c)

He was a conquistador and fought with the Natives

d)

He was a French man and helped La Salle make the first French settlement in Texas, Fort St. Louis