WorksheetsHistory Lesson 2.1 - Spanish Colonization and New Spain
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 26mins
What advantage did Spanish soldiers have over the Aztec and Inca armies?
Larger armies
Better armor and weapons
More allies
Knowledge of the land
Why did many Aztec and Inca die after the Spanish arrived?
Starvation
Spanish diseases
Lack of resources
Internal conflicts
What river did Hernando de Soto discover?
Amazon River
Mississippi River
Colorado River
Rio Grande
What was the main reason the Aztec and Inca may not have fought as hard against the Spanish?
Lack of weapons
Lack of knowledge about the Spaniards
Lack of food
Lack of allies
What was the goal of Spanish Missions?
To convert Indians to Christianity
To establish trade routes
To build military forts
To explore new territories
Who were the Creoles in New Spain?
Colonists born in the Americas to Spanish parents
Colonists born in Spain
People of mixed Spanish and Indian parentage
The lowest class in Spanish colonial society
What were Mestizos known for in New Spain?
Being of mixed Spanish and Indian parentage
Holding the highest jobs in government
Owning farms and ranches
Being the lowest class in society
Which class was the largest in Spanish colonial society?
Mestizos
Peninsulares
Creoles
Indians
Why did Spain have to find a new source of forced labor?
Many American Indians died from disease and mistreatment
They needed more workers for trade
They wanted to expand their territories
They were building new cities
What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean
The exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas
The establishment of new colonies in Africa
The building of new trade routes
Where were enslaved Africans forced to work?
On sugar plantations
In government offices
In trade centers
In military forts
What were Pueblos in New Spain?
Towns that were centers of farming and trade
Settlements for soldiers
Missions run by Catholic priests or friars
Land grants for settlers
What was the social system in New Spain called?
The Laws of the Indies
The Spanish Missions
The Encomienda System
The Transatlantic Trade
Who were the lowest class in Spanish colonial society?
Indians
Mestizos
Creoles
Peninsulares
What did the Encomienda system allow settlers to do?
Demand labor or taxes from American Indians
Build new missions
Establish trade routes
Convert Indians to Christianity
Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:
to entrust
to connect
court
conquerors
_______________ was the Spanish Conquistador responsible for conquering the Aztecs.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Vasco de Gama
Why do you think mestizos ranked higher than Indians in their social class system?
Mestizos were born in America.
Mestizos had a partly Spanish background.
Mestizos worked as tradesmen.
Mestizos worked in cities.
On what were social classes in New Spain based?
Education
Wealth
Occupation
Ancestry
Once the enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas, they were the lowest class. What were two of the facts about them?
They were wrongly believed to suffer less from hard work.
They were treated as conquered people.
They often worked in farms as tradesmen.
They were imported to replace Indian laborers.
What were two of the facts about the Indians?
They were treated as conquered people.
They were mostly free but very poor.
They often worked in cities as tradesmen.
They were wrongly believed to suffer less from hard work.
What were two of the facts about the Peninsulares?
They often worked in farms.
They were born in Spain.
They were often wealthy, but they couldn't do some jobs.
They held the highest jobs in government.
What were two of the facts about the Creoles?
They often worked in cities as tradesmen.
They were born in the Americas to Spanish parents.
They were often wealthy but barred from some jobs.
They had mixed Spanish and Indian background.
What were two of the facts about the Mestizos?
They were mostly free but very poor.
They had mixed Spanish and Indian background.
They were often wealthy but barred from some jobs.
They often worked in cities as tradesmen.
Settlements made up of people whose goal is to convert others to Christianity are called ____________.
peninsular
presidio
mission
pueblo
Soldiers lived in forts with thick, high walls called _______.
presidio
mission
pueblo
peninsular
What impact might exploration of the Spanish borderlands have on the present-day United States? Select all that apply.
Spanish culture, including language
Politics
Food and rituals
Innovations
Which Spanish settlements are still cities in the United States today? Select all that apply.
San Francisco
St. Augustine
San Antonio
Pensacola
Albuquerque
Which one was the first colony in Florida set up by Spain?
San Gabriel
Santa Fe
St. Augustine
San Antonio
Over the course of the Spanish colonization, which class became the largest class of people?
Peninsulares
Indians
Creoles
Mestizos
________ worked as carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, and bakers.
Mestizos
Creoles
Peninsulares
Enslaved Africans
__________ 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.
Plantation
Encomiendas
Haciendas
Pueblos
___________ was a large estate farmed by many workers. Many African American slaves were transported to the Americas to work there.
Pueblo
Encomienda
Hacienda
Plantation
What was Juan Ponce de Leon searching for?
God
Gold
Glory
Fountain of Youth
What were some of the diseases the Indians had died from? Select all that apply.
Smallpox
Influenza
Tetanus
Measles
Why did the Spanish explorers want to travel north?
In a search for ideas
In a search for food
In a search for gold
In a search for glory
Why did the Spanish conquistadors decide not to focus on their northern borderlands?
A storm struck the fleet of explorer Narvaez in 1528, and many crew members were lost at sea.
Their search for gold in the northern lands had little success.
They found gold and wanted to bring order to the south.
There was Indian resistance in the north.
Indians had captured survivors, including explorer Cabeza de Vaca.
How did the Spanish conquer the Incas and Aztecs so easily? Select all that apply.
Many Indians had died from diseases.
The Spanish had superior military equipment.
The two empires didn't fight as hard as they could have because they feared the Spanish could be gods.
The two empires fought against each other.
What were the reasons Spain established colonies? Select all that apply.
Glory
God
Geography
Gold
The encomienda was an agreement to supposedly ______ and _______ Indians about being Catholic.
protect, impose
protect, educate
release, teach
exploit, educate
________________ was a conquistador who conquered the Incan empire and controlled much of it by 1535.
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
___________ explored the Southeast looking for gold; however, he could not find it. Instead, he found the Mississippi River.
Panfilo Narvaez
Francisco Coronado
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
____________ was a conquistador who searched the southwest for the legendary ____________ in 1540, and he didn't find gold.
Francisco Pizarro, six cities of gold
Francisco Coronado, six cities of gold
Francisco Coronado, seven cities of gold
Francisco Pizarro, seven cities of gold
___________ was a conquistador who led a failed expedition, and in 1528, a few survivors landed on an island in present-day _________.
Juan Ponce de Leon, Texas
Panfilo Narvaez, Texas
Juan Ponce de Leon, California
Panfilo Narvaez, California
New Spain, Peru
Peru, North America
New Spain, North America
Mexico, Peru
The ________________ were parts of New Spain.
regions of the West Indies
regions from California to Florida
northern borderlands
Mexico
Canada
