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SS Chapter 3 Lesson 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In addition to Spanish soldiers, who else was a citizen of St. Augustine?

a)

Indentured servants

b)

Africians

c)

Missionaries

d)

English Settlers

2.

What group of Native Americans received gifts from Spaniards and maintained the right to govern themselves?

a)

Huron

b)

Timucuas

c)

Iroquois

d)

Cherokee

3.

What is a grant that gave Spaniards control over Native Americans called?

a)

Monarch

b)

Class structure

c)

Missionary

d)

Encomienda

4.

How would you characterize the Spanish treatment of Native Americans?

a)

Friendly

b)

Curious but helpful

c)

Cruel

d)

Confused

5.

In addition to mining, what else was important to New Spain?

a)

Ranching and farming

b)

fur and ivory

c)

hunting and logging

d)

trading silk and spices

6.

Who did most of the work to make Spain wealthy?

a)

Spaniards

b)

Children

c)

Women

d)

Enslaved Native Americans and Africans

7.

Someone who persuades others to believe in a religion is called a ?

a)

Missionary

b)

Monarch

c)

Encomienda

d)

Timucuas

8.

A system for ranking people (usually by power/wealth) is called

a)

Encomienda

b)

Monarch

c)

Class Structure

d)

Missionary

9.

St. Augustine was important to the Spaniards because it ____

a)

was near valuable natural resources

b)

was their first settlement

c)

served as a trading post

d)

all of the above

10.

In New Spain, many Native Americans died from _____

a)

mining accidents

b)

disease

c)

starvation

d)

stampede

11.

A person who is a ruler is called ____?

a)

Missionary

b)

Monarch

c)

Class structure

d)

Cherokee

12.
According to the article, which country began exploring Florida FIRST?
a)
Mexico (Mexicans)
b)
Spain (Spaniards)
c)
France (French)
d)
England (English)
13.
The purpose of Spanish missionaries in Florida was to...
a)
Help the Native Americans by giving them supplies and food.
b)
Serve as a new castle for the king and queen in their new homeland.
c)
House new explorers who came after them.
d)
Convert the Native Americans to their Catholic religion.
14.
According to the article, why did many European kings and queens pay people to explore new lands across the Atlantic Ocean? 
a)
They wanted to expand their empires with more land.
b)
They were looking for slaves, silver, and gold.
c)
They wanted to attack St. Augustine and burn it to the ground.
d)
The people that explored new lands won special vacation trips.
15.

The earliest known European settlement in the United States can be seen in

a)

New Mexico

b)

Utah

c)

Texas

d)

Florida

16.

St. Augustine, Florida was claimed and settled by

a)

England

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

France