The Spanish Missions & Repartimiento System

What was the main different between the Encomienda system and the Repartimiento system?

• In the Encomienda system, individual encomenderos were allowed to enlist the indigenous workers, whereas in the Repartimiento system the Spanish crown assigned the workers.

• In the Repartimiento system, individual conquistadors were allowed to enlist the indigenous workers, whereas in the Repartimiento system the landowners assigned the workers.

• Only the Encomienda system relied on native workers.

• Only the Repartimiento systems used both wage workers and enslaved laborers.

When and where did Europeans begin systematically employing enslaved African laborers on plantations?

• In the 1400s on the islands of the Atlantic Coast of West Africa, before Columbus' voyages.

• In the 1500s on the islands of the Caribbean Sea, after Columbus' voyages.

• In the 1300s on the islands of the Mediterranean Sea, before Columbus' voyages.

• In the 1600s on the islands of the Indian Ocean, after Columbus' voyages.

What was the purpose of the Spanish Missions?

• To convert natives to Christianity

• To explore the New World

• To find new animals

• To provide a place for Spaniards to go on vacation

Where in the future United States did the Spanish establish missions? (select all that apply)

• California

• Texas

• Florida

• New Mexico and Arizona.

• New England.

What were the effects of the missions on the indigenous Americans? (select all that apply)

• Death, due to disease

• Conversion to Christianity

• Adoption of European Languages

• Preservation of native culture

• Eradication of native culture.

Who founded the missions?

• Catholic orders like the Franciscans, Jesuits, and Dominicans.

• Protestant reformers like Luther and Calvin.

• Explorers like Juan Ponce de Leon and Balboa.

• Native Americans like Atahualpa.

What were the buildings of a mission like?

• A church, town, and fort with defensive walls, living quarters, monastery or convent, workshops, storage rooms, and a well or other water source, surrounded by farms and ranches to produce food.

• A Native American city like Tenochtitlan with giant pyramid temples.

• A European city with large market squares and ancient castles.

• A rural town spread out over a large area with no defensive walls, so everyone had land to grow crops and graze livestock.

How did the missions influence architecture in the New World?

• Spanish architecture became dominant in the New World, especially in Latin America and the American Southwest.

• Native buildings were re-used as Missions, preserving native temples and building techniques for future scientists to study.

• Missions were built, but other structures continued to be built in the Native American tradition.

What famous mission was the site of an early battle for Texas' independence from Mexico, later causing Texas to join the United States?

• The Alamo, officially known as the Misión San Antonio de Valero.

• The San Fernando Mission.

• The San Gabriel Mission.

• The Mission San Juan Bautista.

What was the main effect of the missions on European missionaries and colonists? (select all that apply)

• The missions converted the indigenous peoples to European customs, religion, language, and agriculture, making the New World a safer and more familiar place for European immigrants.

• The missions allowed European and Native people to intermarry, producing the mestizo population that fills Latin America today.

• The missions provided a safe place with walls and armed guards for Europeans to start arriving in the New World and re-shaping it into a new Europe.

• The missions made Europe scared of the New World, because if people needed to live in a fort, that seemed really dangerous.