Chapter 9: Down by the Mill - Quiz

What do you call the machine that makes sugar?

• sugar mill

• sugar machine

• extractor

• boiler

Where were the sugar mills located?

• on the hacienda

• in the plaza

• on a ranch

• in the council of the indies

The ________ is the owner of the hacienda.

• hacendado

• cacique

• monarch

• jornalero

What did you call an "hacienda owner"?

• hacendado

• monarch

• naboria

• bohique

_________ were poor workers who replaced the enslaved blacks.

• Hacendados

• Nitainos

• Monarchs

• Jornaleros

The process of making sugar was short and cheap.

• True

• False

What is the first step in the process of making sugar?

• Grind the sugar cane in a mill into a liquid called "guarapo."

• Dry the "guarapo" into sugar.

• Grow and harvest sugarcane.

What is the second step in the process of making sugar?

• Grind the sugar cane in a mill into a liquid called "guarapo."

• Dry the "guarapo" into sugar.

• Grow and harvest sugarcane.

What is the third step in the process of making sugar?

• Grind the sugar cane in a mill into a liquid called "guarapo."

• Dry the "guarapo" into sugar.

• Grow and harvest sugarcane.

How many skilled men were needed to work the mill?

• 30

• 29

• 10

• 7