Vocabulary
Explorers and soldiers who claimed land for Spain
What is Conquistadors
Why did Spain explore lands to the North of Mexico?
What is to find gold and riches ?
Many forced into slavery?
Africans/ Enslaved Africans
List 3 reasons why the Spanish were able to defeat powerful empires like the inca?
What are better weapons/ armor horses, alliances, surprise/ feat empires weakened by civil war.
Born in Spain ; Most Power
What is a Peninsular
Built to protect settlers and missions with soldiers and strong walls.
What is a presido?
Which was a major reason the Spanish defeated empires like the Inca?
What is diseases weakened many American Indian Communities?
Born in Spain Most Power
What are Peninsulares?
Describe two difficulties Spanish expeditions faced when exploring the North
What are: deserts/ heat, little water/food, mountains, long distances, getting lost, harsh weather, conflict
Many forced into slavery?
Africans / enslaved africans
A religious settlement where Priests taught Christianity and Spanish ways of life.
What is a mission?
What was the main purpose of the presido?
What is a fort to protect settlements and missions?
Original peoples of the land
Whatare American Indians?
Explain 1 positive effect and 1 neagtive effect of Spanish missions
p- introduced crops, animals, buildings, and created towns and churches
N- forced labor, loss of traditions, disease spread.
Born in the America Spanish ancestry
Creoles
born in Spain and often received the highest government jobs.
What is a peninsular?
Which group was usually at the top of the social class system in New Spain?
What is a Peninsulares
Mixed Spanish and American Indian Ancestry Waht
What are Mestizos?
What were social classes in New Spain based on?
Birthplace and ancestry race
Original people of the land
American Indians
Had both Spanish and American Indian ancestry and worked in towns and on farms
What is a Mestizos?
Which statement best describes the transatlantic slave trade?
What is forced transportation of Africans across the Atlantic to work in the Americas?
Born in the American Spanish ancestry
Who are the Creoles?
Describe one way enslaved people resisted or survived?
kept traditions resisted rules ran away formed communities fought back
Mixed Spanish and American Indiqn Ancestry
Mestizos