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S2 Unit 6 Exploration 2

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who had economic and political power in the Americas

a)

Spaniards

b)

indigenous people

c)

criollos

d)

mestizos

2.

Who governed the new territories for Spain?

a)

The King

b)

The Captain of the Voyage

c)

The Viceroy

d)

The Criollo

e)

The Mestizo

3.

A land ruled by another country is called a __________.

a)

Viceroy

b)

Country

c)

Colony

d)

Estate

4.

Why did the Spanish feel the need to set up a colony in North America?

a)

They wanted gold and glory.

b)

They wanted to protect the land that they claimed.

c)

They thought it would be cool to own land across the ocean.

d)

They wanted to become more important in the world.

5.

A land ruled by another country is called a __________.

a)

Viceroy

b)

Country

c)

Colony

d)

Estate

6.

Most of the colony of New Spain was in what is now _________.

a)

Texas

b)

New Mexico

c)

Venezuela

d)

Mexico

7.

Why did Spain and Portugal need many workers?

a)

To construct buildings in their colonies.

b)

To fight against neighboring colonies.

c)

To grow crops and mine for gold and silver.

d)

To hunt and fish for the colony.

8.

As Native American slaves died or escaped, Spanish colonists began taking ____________ as slaves.

a)

Africans

b)

Canadians

c)

French

d)

Italians

9.

Missionaries set up _________ , which were religious settlements.

a)

presidios

b)

missions

c)

aviles

d)

El Camino Real

10.

In New Spain, colonists could make their own laws.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Religious communities, called missions, were created to help spread which religion in New Spain?

a)

Methodism

b)

Baptists

c)

Protestant

d)

Catholicism

12.

Viceroys were appointed by

a)

The Audiencia Real

b)

The King of Spain

c)

The Minister of American and overseas colonies

d)

the outgoing Viceroy

13.

The conquered territories were colonized and became part of the Crown of ______

a)

Spain

b)

Aragón

c)

Castile

14.

Who was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean and realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent?

a)

Columbus

b)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

15.

Who led the majority of the first expedition around the world and eventually died in the Philippines?

a)

Columbus

b)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

e)

Juan Sebastián Elcano

16.

Who took control of the first expedition around the world and eventually led the return voyage from the Philippines.

a)

Columbus

b)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

e)

Juan Sebastián Elcano

17.

Which empire dominated modern day Mexico when the Spanish explorers arrived?

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Inca

d)

Spain

18.

Which empire dominated modern day Peru when the Spanish explorers arrived?

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Inca

d)

Spain

19.

Who led the conquest of Mexico for Spain?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

e)

Hernán Cortéz

20.

Who led the conquest of Peru for Spain?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

e)

Hernán Cortéz

21.

Corn, pineapples, cocoa, and tomatoes were _______ from the American territories to Spain

a)

imported

b)

exported

22.

Wheat, grapes, livestock, and textiles were _______ to the American territories from Spain

a)

imported

b)

exported