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WorksheetsS2 Unit 6 Exploration 2
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who had economic and political power in the Americas
Spaniards
indigenous people
criollos
mestizos
Who governed the new territories for Spain?
The King
The Captain of the Voyage
The Viceroy
The Criollo
The Mestizo
A land ruled by another country is called a __________.
Viceroy
Country
Colony
Estate
Why did the Spanish feel the need to set up a colony in North America?
They wanted gold and glory.
They wanted to protect the land that they claimed.
They thought it would be cool to own land across the ocean.
They wanted to become more important in the world.
A land ruled by another country is called a __________.
Viceroy
Country
Colony
Estate
Most of the colony of New Spain was in what is now _________.
Texas
New Mexico
Venezuela
Mexico
Why did Spain and Portugal need many workers?
To construct buildings in their colonies.
To fight against neighboring colonies.
To grow crops and mine for gold and silver.
To hunt and fish for the colony.
As Native American slaves died or escaped, Spanish colonists began taking ____________ as slaves.
Africans
Canadians
French
Italians
Missionaries set up _________ , which were religious settlements.
presidios
missions
aviles
El Camino Real
In New Spain, colonists could make their own laws.
True
False
Religious communities, called missions, were created to help spread which religion in New Spain?
Methodism
Baptists
Protestant
Catholicism
Viceroys were appointed by
The Audiencia Real
The King of Spain
The Minister of American and overseas colonies
the outgoing Viceroy
The conquered territories were colonized and became part of the Crown of ______
Spain
Aragón
Castile
Who was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean and realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent?
Columbus
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Who led the majority of the first expedition around the world and eventually died in the Philippines?
Columbus
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Who took control of the first expedition around the world and eventually led the return voyage from the Philippines.
Columbus
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which empire dominated modern day Mexico when the Spanish explorers arrived?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Spain
Which empire dominated modern day Peru when the Spanish explorers arrived?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Spain
Who led the conquest of Mexico for Spain?
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernán Cortéz
Who led the conquest of Peru for Spain?
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernán Cortéz
Corn, pineapples, cocoa, and tomatoes were _______ from the American territories to Spain
imported
exported
Wheat, grapes, livestock, and textiles were _______ to the American territories from Spain
imported
exported
