What did Juan Ponce de Leon and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado have in common?
Neither found gold in the areas where they searched.
What caused Popé's rebellion?
The Spanish refused to allowed the Natives to practice their own religion.
How was the "encomienda" system similar to African slavery?
Because the workers in both system were forced to labor for someone else without compensation.
What effect did the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 have on the Americas?
It opened up the Americas for colonization by other Europeans nations.
Cortéz was a Spanish conquistador who focused his attention on the ____ Empire, which is now located Mexico.
Aztec
As governor of New Mexico, _____ built the capital of Santa Fé with the help of missionary priests and settlers from Spain.
Pedro de Peralta
