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8th
Chapter 2 Review
Question | Answer |
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person born in the Americas to Spanish parents | creole |
person of mixed Spanish and Indian background | mestizo |
religious settlement founded to convert Native Americans to Christianity | mission |
Group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land | colony |
the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans | encomienda |
fort that housed Spanish soldiers in the Americas | presidio |
large estate farmed by many workers | plantation |
What was one effect of the failure to find a northwest passage to Asia? | European nations made use of North American resources |
which factors of European settlement and influence on North America brought major changes to Native Americans? | Diseases, Overtrapping, and traded goods including guns and alcohol |
the major source of wealth that attracted people to New France was? | fur trapping and trading |
In New France the coureurs de bois? | lived largely free of government control, didn't try to conquer Indian lands, and made more money trapping than farming. |
The Laws of Indies provided for all of the following EXCEPT | How pueblos should be set up |
How did the voyages of Christopher Columbus differ from earlier voyages to the Americas? | His voyages led to trade between the eastern and western hemispheres |
Which list shows the order of society in New Spain from top to bottom? | Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, and Indians |
Western European nations sent explorers in search of a northwest passage to find | direct water route through north America to Asia |
Which is the oldest town in the united states first settled by the Spanish | St. Augustine |
What was the conquistadors' biggest advantage in defeating the Aztec and the Inca? | steel armor and weapons |
Spain's actions against England's Queen Elizabeth 1 show that its religious allegiance was to the | Catholic Church |
Why was King Philip 2 shocked by the defeat of the Spanish Armada? | His fleet had almost there times as many ships as the English |
For which country did Jacques Cartier claim land during his two trips to Canada in 1534 and 1535? | France |
What were the three kinds of settlements in New Spain? | Pueblos, presidios, and missions |
The Spanish borderlands were located | from present-day Florida to present-day California |
Bartolome de Las Casas proposed that Spanish colonist bring African slaves to the Americas because he thought they would be | resistant to European Diseases |