Vocabulary-The Spanish Colonies

A land ruled by another country is known as______________

• a plantation

• a presidio

• a colony

• an estate

The very large farms found in the Spanish colonies were called ____________

• Plantations

• Colonies

• Borderlands

• Haciendas

The practice of holding people against their will.

• Mission

• Slavery

• Presidio

• Colony

The area of land between countries, colonies, or regions is known as the ______________.

• estate

• plantation

• presidio

• borderlands

What is the term used for a Spanish fort?

• Presidio

• Fortino

• Mission

• Hacienda

A religious settlement is also called a ___________

• presidio

• plantation

• mission

• colony

In the Spanaish colonies, a large estate with farmland for raising cattle and sheep is known as __________

• a house

• an estate

• a hacienda

• a presidio

"Juan and his family raised more sheep than cattle on their _________________."

"Many of the priests in the ____________ spent their days trying to convert the natives to Christianity."

"Miguel's family lived on a huge ______________, growing many different kinds of food and raising animals, as well."