Three World's Meet Part II

What was the name of the system that allowed Spanish landowners to use the natives as slaves?

• economic
• encomienda
• wealthy
• plantation

According to the encomienda system who had the most rights and privileges in New Spain?

• Mestizos
• Mulattoes
• Creoles
• Penninsulares

Which of the following allowed a small amount of Spanish Conquistadors to overtake Native American empires?

• advanced weapons
• better maps
• bigger, faster ships
• advanced navigation skills

Which of the following managed to destroy the Aztec, Mayan, and other Native American empires when introduced to the Americas?

• new diseases
• new navigation skills
• introduction of horses
• new foods

Who did Columbus ask to fund his voyage to the "The Indies"?

• Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
• President Obama and Queen Michelle
• King Charles and Princess Diana
• King Balboa and Queen Elizabeth

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• The movement of people, plants, schools, and machines from one hemisphere to another.
• The exchange of people, plants, animals, and microbes from one hemisphere to another.
• Christopher Columbus and his men making trips back and forth every month with supplies for Spain.
• The movement of only Western Hemisphere items to the Eastern Hemisphere

Which of the following were a reason that Natives began to die out following European exploration?

• French and Indian War
• Civil War
• World War 1
• small pox

After the capture of the Aztecs, what did the Spanish name the colony?

• New York
• New Spain
• Peru
• Lima

Who were at the lowest levels of the New Spain society?

• Indians and Africans
• Creoles
• Mestizos
• Spanish

True or False
The profits from plantations and mines created great wealth for the Spanish.

• True
• False