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History Lesson 2.1 - Spanish Colonization and New Spain

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What advantage did Spanish soldiers have over the Aztec and Inca armies?

a)

Larger armies

b)

Better armor and weapons

c)

More allies

d)

Knowledge of the land

2.

Why did many Aztec and Inca die after the Spanish arrived?

a)

Starvation

b)

Spanish diseases

c)

Lack of resources

d)

Internal conflicts

3.

What river did Hernando de Soto discover?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Rio Grande

4.

What was the main reason the Aztec and Inca may not have fought as hard against the Spanish?

a)

Lack of weapons

b)

Lack of knowledge about the Spaniards

c)

Lack of food

d)

Lack of allies

5.

What was the goal of Spanish Missions?

a)

To convert Indians to Christianity

b)

To establish trade routes

c)

To build military forts

d)

To explore new territories

6.

Who were the Creoles in New Spain?

a)

Colonists born in the Americas to Spanish parents

b)

Colonists born in Spain

c)

People of mixed Spanish and Indian parentage

d)

The lowest class in Spanish colonial society

7.

What were Mestizos known for in New Spain?

a)

Being of mixed Spanish and Indian parentage

b)

Holding the highest jobs in government

c)

Owning farms and ranches

d)

Being the lowest class in society

8.

Which class was the largest in Spanish colonial society?

a)

Mestizos

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Creoles

d)

Indians

9.

Why did Spain have to find a new source of forced labor?

a)

Many American Indians died from disease and mistreatment

b)

They needed more workers for trade

c)

They wanted to expand their territories

d)

They were building new cities

10.

What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

a)

The transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean

b)

The exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas

c)

The establishment of new colonies in Africa

d)

The building of new trade routes

11.

Where were enslaved Africans forced to work?

a)

On sugar plantations

b)

In government offices

c)

In trade centers

d)

In military forts

12.

What were Pueblos in New Spain?

a)

Towns that were centers of farming and trade

b)

Settlements for soldiers

c)

Missions run by Catholic priests or friars

d)

Land grants for settlers

13.

What was the social system in New Spain called?

a)

The Laws of the Indies

b)

The Spanish Missions

c)

The Encomienda System

d)

The Transatlantic Trade

14.

Who were the lowest class in Spanish colonial society?

a)

Indians

b)

Mestizos

c)

Creoles

d)

Peninsulares

15.

What did the Encomienda system allow settlers to do?

a)

Demand labor or taxes from American Indians

b)

Build new missions

c)

Establish trade routes

d)

Convert Indians to Christianity

16.

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

a)

to entrust

b)

to connect

c)

court

d)

conquerors

17.

_______________ was the Spanish Conquistador responsible for conquering the Aztecs.

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Vasco de Gama

18.

Why do you think mestizos ranked higher than Indians in their social class system?

a)

Mestizos were born in America.

b)

Mestizos had a partly Spanish background.

c)

Mestizos worked as tradesmen.

d)

Mestizos worked in cities.

19.

On what were social classes in New Spain based?

a)

Education

b)

Wealth

c)

Occupation

d)

Ancestry

20.

Once the enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas, they were the lowest class. What were two of the facts about them?

a)

They were wrongly believed to suffer less from hard work.

b)

They were treated as conquered people.

c)

They often worked in farms as tradesmen.

d)

They were imported to replace Indian laborers.

21.

What were two of the facts about the Indians?

a)

They were treated as conquered people.

b)

They were mostly free but very poor.

c)

They often worked in cities as tradesmen.

d)

They were wrongly believed to suffer less from hard work.

22.

What were two of the facts about the Peninsulares?

a)

They often worked in farms.

b)

They were born in Spain.

c)

They were often wealthy, but they couldn't do some jobs.

d)

They held the highest jobs in government.

23.

What were two of the facts about the Creoles?

a)

They often worked in cities as tradesmen.

b)

They were born in the Americas to Spanish parents.

c)

They were often wealthy but barred from some jobs.

d)

They had mixed Spanish and Indian background.

24.

What were two of the facts about the Mestizos?

a)

They were mostly free but very poor.

b)

They had mixed Spanish and Indian background.

c)

They were often wealthy but barred from some jobs.

d)

They often worked in cities as tradesmen.

25.

Settlements made up of people whose goal is to convert others to Christianity are called ____________.

a)

peninsular

b)

presidio

c)

mission

d)

pueblo

26.

Soldiers lived in forts with thick, high walls called _______.

a)

presidio

b)

mission

c)

pueblo

d)

peninsular

27.

What impact might exploration of the Spanish borderlands have on the present-day United States? Select all that apply.

a)

Spanish culture, including language

b)

Politics

c)

Food and rituals

d)

Innovations

28.

Which Spanish settlements are still cities in the United States today? Select all that apply.

a)

San Francisco

b)

St. Augustine

c)

San Antonio

d)

Pensacola

e)

Albuquerque

29.

Which one was the first colony in Florida set up by Spain?

 

a)

San Gabriel

b)

Santa Fe

c)

St. Augustine

d)

San Antonio

30.

Over the course of the Spanish colonization, which class became the largest class of people?

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Indians

c)

Creoles

d)

Mestizos

31.

________ worked as carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, and bakers.

a)

Mestizos

b)

Creoles

c)

Peninsulares

d)

Enslaved Africans

32.

__________ were land grants given to Spanish colonists who came to the New World, which included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans.

a)

Plantation

b)

Encomiendas

c)

Haciendas

d)

Pueblos

33.

___________ was a large estate farmed by many workers. Many African American slaves were transported to the Americas to work there.

a)

Pueblo

b)

Encomienda

c)

Hacienda

d)

Plantation

34.

What was Juan Ponce de Leon searching for?

a)

God

b)

Gold

c)

Glory

d)

Fountain of Youth

35.

What were some of the diseases the Indians had died from? Select all that apply.

a)

Smallpox

b)

Influenza

c)

Tetanus

d)

Measles

36.

Why did the Spanish explorers want to travel north?

a)

In a search for ideas

b)

In a search for food

c)

In a search for gold

d)

In a search for glory

37.

Why did the Spanish conquistadors decide not to focus on their northern borderlands?

a)

A storm struck the fleet of explorer Narvaez in 1528, and many crew members were lost at sea.

b)

Their search for gold in the northern lands had little success.

c)

They found gold and wanted to bring order to the south.

d)

There was Indian resistance in the north.

e)

Indians had captured survivors, including explorer Cabeza de Vaca.

38.

How did the Spanish conquer the Incas and Aztecs so easily? Select all that apply.

a)

Many Indians had died from diseases.

b)

The Spanish had superior military equipment.

c)

The two empires didn't fight as hard as they could have because they feared the Spanish could be gods.

d)

The two empires fought against each other.

39.

What were the reasons Spain established colonies? Select all that apply.

a)

Glory

b)

God

c)

Geography

d)

Gold

40.

The encomienda was an agreement to supposedly ______ and _______ Indians about being Catholic.

a)

protect, impose

b)

protect, educate

c)

release, teach

d)

exploit, educate

41.

________________ was a conquistador who conquered the Incan empire and controlled much of it by 1535.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Francisco Coronado

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

42.

___________ explored the Southeast looking for gold; however, he could not find it. Instead, he found the Mississippi River.

a)

Panfilo Narvaez

b)

Francisco Coronado

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernando de Soto

43.

____________ was a conquistador who searched the southwest for the legendary ____________ in 1540, and he didn't find gold.

a)

Francisco Pizarro, six cities of gold

b)

Francisco Coronado, six cities of gold

c)

Francisco Coronado, seven cities of gold

d)

Francisco Pizarro, seven cities of gold

44.

___________ was a conquistador who led a failed expedition, and in 1528, a few survivors landed on an island in present-day _________.

a)

Juan Ponce de Leon, Texas

b)

Panfilo Narvaez, Texas

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon, California

d)

Panfilo Narvaez, California

45.
a)

New Spain, Peru

b)

Peru, North America

c)

New Spain, North America

d)

Mexico, Peru

46.

The ________________ were parts of New Spain.

a)

regions of the West Indies

b)

regions from California to Florida

c)

northern borderlands

d)

Mexico

e)

Canada