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Span./Eng. Colonies
Spanish/English Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who conquered the Aztecs after the small pox disease killed out most of the natives in the Aztec Empire? | Hernando Cortes |
| Who was the Aztec leader that tried to make peace with Cortes, but was later killed by his own Aztec people? | Moctezuma |
| What was the area that the conquistadors of Spain conquered 10 years later, after they had conquered Mexico from the Aztecs? | South America |
| What was the name of the Spanish conquistador that conquered the Incas in South America? | Francisco Pizarro |
| Who was the name of the leader of the Inca Empire in South America, who was defeated and captured by Francisco Pizarro? | Atahualpa |
| What was the name of the Inca capital that was conquered by the Spanish in South America? | Cuzco |
| What are known as Spanish rulers that controlled the nation of Spain? | The monarchs |
| What are the 3 reasons that Spain conquered the “New World”? | God-Spread Catholicism, Gold-Mine for gold in a different area, & Glory-To conquer a new land for Spain |
| What are the name of the plantations that the Spanish conquerors created in the “New World”? | Encomiendas |
| What did enslaved natives mined for the Spanish? | Gold and Silver |
| What did the enslaved natives also do for their Spanish conquerors in the “New World”? | plantation growth & manual labor |
| What two groups of people were enslaved by the Spanish in the “New Spain”? | Native Americans & African tribes |
| What was considered the upper social class in the Spanish social system in the New World? | Peninsulares |
| What was considered to be the 2nd social class in the Spanish social system in the New World? | Creoles |
| What was considered to be the 3rd social class in the Spanish social system in the New World? | Mestizos |
| What was considered to be the 4th social class in the Spanish social system in the New World? | Slaves |
| Who did the Spanish fight against in the New World to built their oldest fort? | The French |
| What was the name of the fort in the “New World”? | St. Augustine |
| What type of religion was spread by the Spanish missionaries in the New World? | Catholic religion |
| What was the problem that was developed by the Native Americans in the New World? | The spread of the diseases |
| In the later 1500s, who did Spain fought for control of the North America areas? | England |
| Who tried to make the 1st English colonies in the North America? | Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| What advisor did Queen Elizabeth sent to develop a colony in North America? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| In 1594, where did Raleigh established a colony in North America? | North Carolina |
| Where was the first colony located at with 117 settlers? | Roanoke Island |
| What caused trade and food to stop for the colonists and the native people? | A drought |
| What colony leader left back to England for help and supplies but only returned to an empty colony? | John White |
| Who was the monarch that attempted in another colony in North America? | King James I |
| What investors worked with King James I in establishing a new colony? | The Virginia Company of England |
| What was the name of the new colony that England established in North America? | Jamestown |
| The Jamestown colonies had many troubles, what were they? | The water was unfit to drink, malaria was caused by mosquitoes, & the Powhatan tribes fought against them |
| What was the name of it colony leader that was the leader for the 1st year? | John Smith |
| Who saved John Smith from the Powhatan tribe of North America? | Pocahontas |
| In 1612, who introduced a new tobacco plant to the English people, which made a lot of money for the colonies? | John Rolfe |
| By 1619, what did the colony of Virginia developed that helped them in their own colony? | They developed self government |
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