16.3: The Spanish Empire

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Across
  1. 2. American-born descendants of Spanish settlers. They were owners of plantations, ranches, and mines. They were just below peninsulares in the social classes.
  2. 6. As the native population declined and the demand for workers increased, Spanish officials turned to enslaved people from __________ to work on sugar plantations. I
  3. 7. Native Americans and Africans were the __________ classes in society. J
  4. 8. People of African and European descent.
  5. 11. officers who ruled in the name of the king in the Spanish Americas.
  6. 12. people born in Spain, on the Iberian Peninsula. They were the top of the social classes.
  7. 14. This group of people built schools and churches throughout Spanish America. They also taught the natives carpentry and metalworking. D
  8. 16. Spain strictly controlled _______ in order to make the colonies more profitable for Spain. F
  9. 17. A community dedicated to spreading the faith or to educating and protecting people.
  10. 18. This natural resource attracted large numbers of explorers and settlers to Mexico and Peru. A
Down
  1. 1. The desire to grow _____ increased the colonists use of encomiendas. H
  2. 3. This is what some missionaries wanted to do to native culture. They did not value it and wanted to replace it with European culture. E
  3. 4. People of Native American and European descent.
  4. 5. Many people in Spain thought this was just as important as building an empire. C
  5. 9. At the end of the 1500s, Spain expanded its territory to this island chain. B
  6. 10. Colonists built many new _______ throughout the Spanish Americas. They were laid out in a grid pattern. K
  7. 13. Colonists had the right to demand labor or tribute from nearby Native Americans.
  8. 15. Colonists could only sell and buy goods from _________. G