Vocabulary Part 1
Explorers
People
Spanish Colony Facts
Vocabulary Part 2
Spooky History
100
Land ruled by another country.
What is a colony?
100
What were the three motivations for the Spanish to come to the Americas?
What are gold, glory, and God?
100
African slave who survived a shipwreck and went on to explore much of the Southwest. He later helped lead an expedition.
Esteban
100
In what is today Mexico City, the Spaniards fought and conquered these people.
Who are the Aztecs?
100
Large farms.
What are plantations?
100
What Massachusetts town if famous for witch hunts?
Salem
200
The center of the Spanish community where people would gather to socialize and trade.
Plaza
200
The conquistador who fought and conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
He led the expedition with Esteban.
Fray Marcos
200
The name of the colony formed by Spain in 1535, with most of its land in Mexico and its capital in Mexico City.
What is New Spain?
200
People who were not born in Spain, but both of their parents are Spanish.
creoles
200
What is the most haunted battlefield in the U.S.?
Gettysburg
300
Forts.
What are presidios?
300
Spanish Conquistador that severely punished Acoma Pueblo.
Onate
300
This group of people killed Esteban.
The Zuni
300
What did the Spanish King want for the Native Americans?
DD
He wanted them converted to Christianity.
300
Religious settlements with priests converting the Natives.
What are missions?
300
What room in the White House is said by some to be haunted?
Lincoln Room
400
The name of the famous church in Santa Fe that was built by the Spanish.
DD
St. Francis
400
The Spanish explorer responsible for the discovery of the Grand Canyon. He led several expeditions into the southwest region of what is now the United States. He also searched for the legendary Seven Golden Cities of Cibola.
Who is Francisco Vazquez de Coronado?
400
He went on an expedition that did not discover gold, but did find the Grand Canyon.
Coronado
400
The oldest capitol building in the U.S. is in Santa Fe and it is called?
DD
Palace of the Governors
400
This class of people were those who had one Spanish parent and one Native parent.
DD
Mestizos
400
Who might you hear weeping along the Rio Grande in Mesilla NM?
La Llarona
500
What was the name of the road that linked Mexico City with Santa Fe and how long was it?
DD
El Camino Real, 1,700 miles
500
The Conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire in South America.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
500
Who was a priest and once a slaveholder, but then changed his mind about the encomienda system and wrote to persuade people that it was cruel.
DD
Bartolome de Las Casas
500
The name for the most powerful people in New Spain.
Who are the peninsulares?
500
A grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local Native Americans.
What is an encomienda?
500
This tower in England is said to be haunted by all those who had their heads chopped off.
Tower of London
600
What were the plots of land given to Spanish settlers and what was the agreement to become full owner of the land?
DD
land grant
live there at least four years
improve the land
600
He was called a liar by Coronado.
Fray Marcos
600
He was the first Colonial governor of New Mexico.
DD
Peralta
600
Spanish Colonial towns in NM were a blend of two architectural styles. What were they?
Spanish and Pueblo
600
Explain the "Pueblo revolt" by telling us the year, what it was, why it happened, and who led it.
DD
Uprising that drove the Spanish out of NM
1680
It happened because of cruel treatment by the Spanish.
Pope was a medicine man that led the revolt.
600
Winchester Mansion, California
700
A German term meaning "noisy ghost" and is associated with mysterious, loud disturbances like moving objects, strange noises, and unexplained knocks.
Poltergeist
700
This group of mystery and haunted explorers travels across the country in a van with a dog.
Scooby Doo Gang
700
Most famous mystery serial killer in England of all time.
Jack the Ripper
700
The oldest Spanish town in America is also known for many hauntings.
San Augustine
700
Fancy name for a ghost that starts with an A.
apparition
700
Lizzie Borden House