Ch. 3 Lesson 1

Why did European countries, like Spain, quickly become interested in North and South America?

• They wanted land and resources. They wanted wealth and power.

• To make Spanish the universal language of the world.

• To establish military bases around the world.

What did the 1943 the Treat of Tordesilla do?

• It granted land to France and England.

• It established trade routes for Spain and Portugal.

• It divided North and South America between Spain and Portugal.

• It ended the Spanish Inquisition.

Why did the Portugal want the imaginary line moved a year after the Treaty of Tordesilla was written?

• Portugal wanted to strengthen its naval power.
• Portugal wanted the line moved to have more land.

• Portugal sought to establish a new alliance with France.

None of the other European countries followed the Treaty of Tordesilla. True or False?

• True

• False

What is a viceroy?

• The name of one of Spain's ships.

• A military leader in ancient Spain.

• A title given to a high-ranking priest.

• A person who rules a country or territory as a representative of a king or queen.

Why King Charles V, who ruled Spain and New Spain, send a viceroy to Mexico? There are four correct answers.

• To collect money for the royal treasury.

• To select other officials

• To enforce laws.

• To convert American Indians to Christianity.

• To take vacations from their difficult work in Spain.

King Charles set up a new practice called the encomienda system. What was the goal of the new system?

• Set up a new economy for New Spain

• Take over as much land as quickly as possible.

• American Indians were supposed to be treated better.

Label the map to show where New Spain is located.

a

b

c

d

Cuba

Florida

Mexico

Hispaniolo

Label New Spain's rigid class structure.

a

b

c

d

Criollo:Spanish parentsborn in New Spain

Mestizo: Mixed Spanish & Native American

Native Americans and enslaved Africans

Peninsular: Spanaird born in Spain

A ​ (a)   is a person who is sent to another country to ​ (b)   others to believe in a particular religion.

• missionary
• convince