chapter 24 Quiz AP World

What was Doña Marina's role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?

• She unwittingly infected many of her people with smallpox.

• She betrayed the secret entrance to Tenochtitlan.

• She bore Cortés a child, who would bring unity among both peoples.

• She could speak several native languages and served as an interpreter.

• She was the first Catholic convert.

The first indigenous people that the Spanish empire dispossessed of their lands and forced into labor were the

• Aztecs.

• Incas.

• Iroquois.

• Maya.

• Taíno.

The labor system that compelled native workers to labor in Spanish mines and fields in exchange for protection and Christian conversion was known as

• the encomienda system.

• the hacienda.

• slavery.

• indentured servitude.

• the repartimiento system.

Which of the following was NOT a significant factor in Cortés's defeat of the Aztec empire?

• superior Spanish technology, especially swords, muskets, cannons, and horses

• a devastating smallpox epidemic

• the inadequate defenses of Tenochtitlan

• the resentment of many indigenous peoples to Aztec rule

• None of these answers is correct, as all were factors in the defeat of the Aztecs.

In colonial governments, the power of the Spanish viceroy was kept in check by the authority of

• the Catholic church.

• the audiencias.

• the colonial legislature.

• the Spanish crown.

• the colonial militias.

How did Portugal gain an empire in Brazil?

• Portuguese mariners were first to explore the Amazon basin.

• The Treaty of Tordesillas, designed to divide the Atlantic between Spain and Portugal, unintentionally granted Brazil to Portugal.

• Initially, the Spanish had no interest in South America.

• Brazilian natives successfully resisted Spanish invaders.

• None of these answers is correct.

The English settlements in North America grew slowly at first because

• of the large, densely-populated Indian communities that dominated the coast.

• the first English settlements did not prepare sufficient food crops.

• the colonies did not produce commodities that Europeans were eager to buy.

• the English government did not support or protect the colonies.

• All these answers are correct.

One significant difference in the administration of English colonies compared to their Spanish counterparts was

• the Spanish crown was less actively involved in the government of their colonies.

• English governors were elected directly by the colonists, while Spanish viceroys were appointed by the crown.

• Spanish colonies had powerful local assemblies, while the English did not.

• English colonies were often financed by private investors, who retained control over colonial affairs.

• the church played a greater role in the administration of Spanish colonies.

What is being depicted here about Spanish colonial society? 

• that segregation of races was legally enforced 
• that cultural diversity and intermarrying became common 
• It was an egalitarian society 
• All natives were being oppressed 

Who was at the top of Spanish colonial society? 

• Peninsulare 
• Creoles
• Mestizo 
• Mullato