Colonial Spanish Latin America

Which social classification is situated at the top of the social system in Colonial Latin America?

• creoles

• Mulattoes

• peninsulares

• slaves

Which Colonial Latin America social class were the offspring of Africans and Europeans?

• Mestizos

• Mulattoes

• Peninsulares

• Creoles

What monastic order established well-organized and profitable missions in the New World?

• Franciscan

• Augustinian

• Jesuits (Society of Jesus)

• none of the above

What religion strongly influenced the development of Latin America?

• Sunni Islam

• Protestant Christianity

• Chinese Buddhism

• Catholic Christianity

Which of the following lists the Spanish colonial class structure from the highest position to the lowest?

• Creoles, Viceroys, Mestizos

• Mestizos, Creoles, Viceroys

• Viceroys, Creoles, Mestizos

• Viceroys, Mestizos, Creoles

What people were second highest in the caste system of the Spanish American colonies?

• Creoles

• Peninsulares

• Enslaved Persons of African descent

• Mestizos

• Indigenous Native Americans

What people were at the bottom of the social pyramid in Spanish America?

• Enslaved laborers

• Peninsulares

• Criollos

• Mestizos

What class of people served as Explorers, Conquistadors, Viceroys, Bishops, Generals, Admirals, and Encomenderos?

• Peninsulares

• Criollos

• Mestizos

• Indigenous Native Americans

• Enslaved Persoons

Besides converting Native Americans to Christianity, what other role did missionaries play in Spanish and Portuguese colonial territories?

• Building infrastructure

• Sacrificing people to God

• Raising horses

• None if these

What are the effects of the Spanish conquests in Latin America?

• rise of Native empires

• rapid decline of Native populations

• introduction of slaves from Africa

• decrease in international trade