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Chapter 3: Lesson 2: A Changing Continent

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statements are TRUE about Spanish, French, and English competition for North America?

a)

Each employed different economical systems.

b)

All competed for land and trade.

c)

Each had the same forms of government

d)

All sought wealth and global power.

2.

True or False: Of the three nations (Spain, France, and England), England was the only country that encouraged self-government in the New World.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The original Spanish system of forced labor in New Spain.

a)

Indentured Servitude System

b)

Encomienda System

c)

Hacienda System

d)

Repartimiento de Labor

4.

Term used to classify those living in New Spain that were descendants of Spanish and African Slave (children who had one Spanish mother/father and one African Slave mother/father)

a)

Indios

b)

Criollos

c)

Mestisos

d)

Mulattoes

5.

Term used to classify those living in New Spain that were born in the Americas (NOT IN SPAIN)

a)

Criollos

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Mulattoes

d)

Indios

6.

Term used to classify those living in New Spain that were descendants of two Native American parents.

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Criollos

c)

Mulattoes

d)

Indios

7.

Term used to classify those living in New Spain that were descendants of Spanish and Native American (children who had one Spanish mother/father and one Native American mother/father)

a)

Negros

b)

Indios

c)

Mestisos

d)

Mulattoes

8.

Term used to classify those living in New Spain that were direct descendants from Spain (born in Spain)

a)

Criollos

b)

Mulattoes

c)

Mestisos

d)

Peninsulares

9.

Term used to classify those living in New Spain that were descendants of two African parents or a slave taken from Africa.

a)

Negros

b)

Indios

c)

Mulattoes

d)

Mestisos

10.

Person on a religious mission, usually to convert others to Christianity.

a)

Friar

b)

Missionary

c)

Priest

d)

Padre

11.

Settlements in New Spain designed to spread Christianity.

a)

Haciendas

b)

Encomiendas

c)

Missions

d)

Rancheros

12.

True or False: The main economic source for the French in the New World was fur trading.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Samuel de Champlain formed alliances with which of the following native groups? (check all boxes that apply)

a)

Iroquois

b)

Huron

c)

Algonquin

d)

Cherokee

14.

True or False: Between the late 1600s and early 1700s, French explorers expanded their land claims from present day Canada down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

As French settlements expanded into Louisiana and Mississippi, the fertile soil provided the ability to grow cash crops such as indigo, rice, and tobacco on lands known as?

a)

Plantations

b)

Haciendas

c)

Farmsteads

d)

Granges

16.

Positive relations between Champlain and native groups allowed for which of the following? (check all boxes that apply)

a)

The discovery of the Northwest Passage.

b)

Traveling freely and safely among French settlements without fear of attacks.

c)

The formation of a government which represented both French and native groups.

d)

Created trade relationships that benefited both the French and native groups.