Lesson 8 Sections 4-6

What year did Christopher Columbus set sail west across the Atlantic Ocean believing that he would reach Asia?

A settlement that is ruled by another country is known as a ______.

True or False:

Mexico was one of the largest Spanish colonies.

• True

• False

Select all that apply:

What is considered part of Latin America?

• Mexico

• Countries on the south of Mexico

• Cuba

• Islands in the Gulf of Mexico

• Puerto Rico

Americans learned how to be cowboys from Mexican vaqueros. Their wide-brimmed cowboy hats came from Mexican ______.

Their high-heeled cowboy boots came from Mexican _______.

True or False:

Many cities and towns in the West and Southwest have not been heavily influenced by Latinos.

• True

• False

Who started a colony in Canada?

Choose 2:

Between what years did the English built 13 colonies in America.

• 1706

• 1731

• 1607

• 1733

An ______ is a person who comes from some other place to live in a country.

• Russian

• immigrant

• traveler

• refugee