Spanish Conquest
Spanish Settlement Types
Doctrine of Discovery
Lost Colony of Roanoke
Miscellaneous
100

Christopher Columbus and his men landed in the Caribbean in what year?

1492

100

This Spanish settlement type was where Native Americans originally lived.

Pueblo

100

In 1493, the Pope drew a line separating the areas of conquest between which two countries?

Spain and Portugal

100

What present-day state is the lost colony of Roanoke located in?

North Carolina

100

What geologic feature did the invading Spaniards witness for the first time?

Grand Canyon

200

What two present-day countries did the Spaniards conquer in 1521 and 1532?

Mexico and Peru

200

This Spanish settlement type was locating near a native village and served as a center for converting natives to Christianity.

Mission

200

Spain was given permission to conquer the majority of which place: Old World or New World?

New World

200

What evidence points to no violence occurring in the Roanoke colony?

Fortifications dismantled, no human remains, no signs of warfare, valuable items left behind (not looted)

200

True/False: chili peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, corn, chocolate, avocados, vanilla, and beans come from the Old World.

False

300

Coronado was looking for 7 cities made of what?

Gold

300

This Spanish settlement type housed Spanish soldiers in case of native unrest among the Spanish settlers.

Presidio

300

If a native person claimed that they did not believe in Christianity, what could the Spaniards then do?

Convert them to Christianity, enslave them, etc.

300

What two words or word fragments did the English find when searching for the Roanoke colonists?

CRO and CROATAN carved into a fence post and tree

300

A Spanish soldier participating in the conquest of the New World was called this.

Conquistador

400

Hernando de Soto was looking a magical Fountain of...

Youth

400

Which type of Christianity did the Spaniards practice?

Catholicism

400

If natives claimed they did not believe in Christianity, what were they seen as?

Not human beings

400

Why could Captain John White not return to the New World?

Anglo-Spanish War required all ships to be used in the war effort.

400

What animal introduced by the Columbian Exchange gave native peoples a new mode of transport?

Horse

500

This road connected the capital of New Spain (Mexico City) with Santa Fe, Mexico and places in California.

Camino Real

500

San Francisco was likely started as which type of Spanish settlement?

Mission (Saint Francis)

500

Why did Spaniards see land natives lived in as empty?

No Christianity --> not a human being --> no human beings --> empty land

500

Who was the first English-born baby in the New World?

Virginia Dare

500

What does Nevada mean in Spanish?

Snowy

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