New Spain Review!

Front

Why did the Spanish feel the need to set up a colony in North America?

Back

They wanted to protect the land that they claimed.

Front

A land ruled by another country is called a __________.

Back

Colony

Front

Most of the colony of New Spain was in what is now _________.

Back

Mexico

Front

Why did Spain and Portugal need many workers?

Back

To grow crops and mine for gold and silver.

Front

The practice of holding someone against their will and making them work without pay is called __________.

Back

slavery

Front

Which group of people did the Spanish take as slaves first? Options: Africans, Native Americans, Canadians, Irish

Back

Native Americans

Front

True or False? Diseases such as measles, smallpox and the flu killed thousands of Native Americans.

Back

True

Front

As Native American slaves died or escaped, Spanish colonists began taking ____________ as slaves.

Back

Africans

Front

Lands at the edge of where the Spanish settled were known as ___________.

Back

borderlands

Front

What was the first permanent settlement in what is now the United States?

Back

St. Augustine