Notes for Grade 7

1. Grade 7 Social Studies
Aim: Spain in North America (p. 53)
Do Now: Read pages 53­55.
1. How did stories of the "Seven
Cities of Cibola" affect Spanish
exploration?
2. Whom did Las Casas try to
protect?
Homework: Using cookbooks as
references, create an All­American
dinner menu that
features only food introduced to
Europeans by Native Americans.
Use loose­leaf
paper. (due
Wednesday
Bartolome de Las Casa

2. Grade 7 Social Studies
Juan Ponce de Leon
landed on the east
coast of present­day
Florida in 1513, looking
for gold and for the
"fountain of youth."
In 1516 the first Spanish
settlement in the United
States, a fort, was
established at St.
Augustine, Florida.

3. Grade 7 Social Studies
Many conquistadors searched for wealth and the "Seven
Cities of Cibola." Some lost their lives as they searched for
these cities because of stormy weather, lack of supplies,
and illness.

4. Grade 7 Social Studies
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de
Vaca and Panfelo de
Narvaez explored
Florida and the coast of
Mexico.
Alvar de Vaca

5. Grade 7 Social Studies
In 1541 Hernando de
Soto explored the
southeastern region of
North America. He
crossed the Mississippi
River and traveled as far
west as present­day
Oklahoma.
Hernando de Soto

6. Grade 7 Social Studies
Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado traveled
through northern Mexico
and present­day
Arizona
and New Mexico. In 1540
he reached a town
belonging to the Zuni
people, but found no
gold.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

7. Chapter 2­3
Grade:7
Subject:Social Studies
Date:10/17/14

8. 1 Explorers who received grants from the Spanish rulers
are called _____.
A American Explorers
B Conquistators
C Missionaries
D Cuban Explorers

9. 2 Cities were forced to give crops, clothing, gold, and
precious stones to the Aztec as _____.
A loan
B taxes
C worship
D tribute

10. 3 Hernan Cortes took advantage of the Aztec's hospitality
and made Montezuma his _____.
A prisoner
B ally
C successor
D ship mate

11. 4 Which of the following was NOT a method the Spanish
used to defeat the mighty Native American empires?
A guns and cannons
B aerial attacks
C horses
D large dogs

12. 5 Was the "Seven Cities of Cibola" a myth?
Yes
No

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