SS7 U4 Encomienda System

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.

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 promise to give the Indigenous people in exchange for their labor?

• Protection

• Gifts

• Gold

• Glory

Where did the Encomienda system become larger?

• In Africa

• In China

• In the Spanish colonies

• In Australia

A Spanish conqueror in the Americas

• Conquistador

• Warrior

• Native American

• Explorer

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

• Settlement

• Encomienda

• Mutiny

• Conquistador

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.

Most cities in Texas reflect with what cultural heritage?

• France
• Spain
• England
• Portugal

Which term describes a group of people from a foreign country that settled in a new area?

• Colony
• Encomienda
• Merchant
• Imperialist 

In the 1500s, Spain colonized the land shaded in blue on the map. What impact did colonization have on these areas?

I. Thousands of natives died of disease.

II. Many of the countries Spain colonized are Spanish-speaking today.

III. Treasures such as gold and other natural resources were stolen by conquistadores.

IV. Native people were enslaved by Spanish conquistadores.

• I and II

• III and IV

• I, II and III

• All of the above