Quiz

1	Dona Marina, daughter of an indigenous leader and mistress of Hernan Cortes, was able to facilitate the Spanish invasion of the Aztec empire because
			she infected many of the people she met in her travels at Cortes' side with small pox.
			she had Cortes' child, who would bring unity between both peoples.
			she could communicate with the Nahuatl-speaking peoples of central Mexico.
2	The first indigenous people the Spanish empire dispossessed of their lands and forced into labor were the
			Iroquois.
			Aztecs.
			Tainos.
3	The labor system that compelled Indians to work in Spanish mines and fields in exchange for protection and Christian conversion was known as
			encomienda.
			hacienda.
			indentured servitude.
4	What aided Hernan Cortes' invasion of the Aztec empire?
			technology -- swords, muskets, cannons and horses.
			epidemic diseases.
			both of the above.
5	The Spanish crown's representative in the Americas, the viceroy, was kept in check by the authority of
			the Catholic church.
			the audiencias.
			the colonial legislature.
6	What odd twist of diplomatic convention assisted the Portuguese in establishing their American empire in Brazil?
			the Spanish empires' disinterest in Brazil.
			the successful resistance of the Indians in Brazil.
			the Treaty of Tordesillas.
7	Why did the early English settlements on the east coast of North America experience so many difficulties?
			because of the large, densely populated Indian communities that dominated the coast.
			because they were not prepared to sustain their communities by subsistence agriculture.
			because the English government refused to buy the commodities they produced for sale.
8	How did private investors play a larger role in French and British colonial efforts than their Spanish counterparts?
			They retained more control over colonial affairs.
			They maintained their own colonial assemblies and influenced the choice of royal governors.
			Both of the above.
9	How did European settlers in North America legally justify seizing lands from native North American peoples?
			through the negotiation of treaties
			because the Indians were not Christian, they had no right to the land
			by establishing squatters' rights on unoccupied lands
10	Mestizo is a racial classification devised by the Spanish to identify whom?
			Spanish born conquistadores
			Spanish and Indian mixed people
			African and Indian mixed people
11	Criollos differed from peninsulares only in that they
			were born in the western hemisphere and not the eastern hemisphere.
			their mothers were part Indian.
			they had not yet been baptized in the Catholic church.
12	The greatest commodity for the Spanish in the Americas was
			precious metals.
			agriculture.
			land.
13	How did the mining industries of the Americas stimulate global economic growth?
			The Spanish quinto circulated the wealth in the Americas throughout the European marketplace.
			They increased the demand for labor, which resulted in the growth of an Indian middle class.
			The sale of slaves to the mines by the Portuguese resulted in the Portuguese spending their wealth throughout Europe and Africa.
14	The agricultural system that dominated the Spanish colonies was known as
			subsistence agriculture.
			encomienda.
			hacienda.
15	The difference between the encomienda and the repartimiento is that
			Indians could buy their freedom.
			the Spanish could no longer impose conversion to Christianity.
			the Spanish paid the Indians wages for their labor.
16	Why was the production of sugar so very different from that of other agricultural commodities of the western hemisphere?
			Sugar cane required extensive processing to turn it into a profitable export.
			African slaves were the only ones who knew how to grow sugar cane.
			It was only possible to grow in Brazil and it had an extremely short growing season.
17	The fur trade in North America resulted in
			Intertribal warfare between indigenous peoples for markets.
			the decimation of the beaver population in North America.
			Both of the above.
18	Indentured servants who worked off their contracts in the colonies could
			either renew their contracts or return to Europe.
			become artisans, land owners and otherwise free citizens of the colonies.
			purchase their freedom.
19	Why was the Christianization of the indigenous peoples of Meso and South America more widespread than in North American indigenous populations?
			Meso and South American Indians recognized the similarities in their religions and Catholicism.
			North American Indian populations were more geographically dispersed and harder to reach.
			both of the above.
20	The earliest European explorers of Australia reported a barren land that lacked little worth cultivating. Why was this so?
			The first explorers only explored the arid western coast.
			It was occupied by a penal colony.
			Neither of the above.