Treatment of the Amerindians

How did the Tainos, the local native tribe, treat the Europeans?

• Were kind to Columbus and his men

• Argued a lot with Columbus and his men

Why do we refer to the American natives as Indians?

• Because that is their name in their language.

• Because Columbus thought he landed in India.

• Because Marco Polo named them.

This smallpox epidemic killed almost 90% of the Native Americans who had not already perished. Warfare and harsh enslavement by the colonists also caused many deaths. By 1548, the Taíno population had declined to fewer than 500.

• True

• False

Who dedicated his life to ending the Encomienda system and helping the indigenous people of the New World?

• Bartolome da Las Casas

• Cristobal Colon

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

What were the actual effects of the Encomienda System in the real world?

• It made a few Spanish lords extremely rich and resulted in Spain becoming the richest country in Europe (maybe in the whole world)

• It caused Spanish culture and religion to spread throughout the New World.

• It helped native peoples to become happy and wealthy and share their cultures freely and equally with Europeans.

• It resulted in Indigenous peoples being basically enslaved and killed due to disease, overwork, and poor nutrition.

• It contributed to the growth of the African slave trade, causing millions of persons to be enslaved, forcibly moved across the sea, and exploited, for centuries.

What was the real motivation behind the Encomienda system?

• To gain wealth, land, fame, prestige, and power for Spanish lords and kings and the Spanish Catholic Church

• To help the indigenous people preserve their cultures and languages

• To promote peaceful relations between the native peoples and the European explorers.

• To teach people in Europe more about the newly discovered people, animals, and plants of the "New World."

What did the Spanish claim as the purpose of the Encomienda system?

• To make Spanish kings and lords more wealthy and powerful

• To protect and care for the indigenous people, bringing them the advanced culture of Spain and the One True Faith

• To establish a global colonial empire for Spain

• To become the most wealthy and powerful nation in Europe.

Which group of Arawaks did the Encomienda System begin with

• Lucayans

• Tainos

• Caribs

• Mayans

A system in which the Spanish king gave Spanish settlers the right to the labor of the Native Americans who lived in a particular area

• Conquistador 
• Mutiny 
• Encomienda
• Settlement 

What was life like for the Indians who worked on the encomiendas?

• They cooked, cleaned and did laundry.
• They played card games and had birthday parties.
• They worked long hours, were whipped and went hungry.
• The planted the crops and sold what they grew.