7.65 MIssion System & Encomienda System

In general, the Spanish viewed the indigenous Americans as...

• Greater than the Spanish

• Equal to the Spanish

• Inferior to the Spanish

The system where indigenous Americans were force-taught Christianity and European customs was called the...

• Counter-Reformation

• Indigenous Reformation

• Aristocratic System

• Mission System

Which Spanish religious official advocated for the well being of indigenous Americans?

• Bartolome de las Casas

• Francisco Pizarro

• Martin Luther

• Hernán Cortés

The system of forced labor, to mass produce agricultural products, used by Spain was called the...

• Encomienda System

• Plantation System

• Feudal System

• Mission System

Why did the Spanish establish the Encomienda System?

• to give indigenous Americans chances to obtain economic growth

• to teach the indigenous Americans Christianity

• maximize the economic benefits of the Americas

• to subjugate and eliminate indigenous Americans

As a result of massive loss of life, Spanish landowners sought to replace indigenous labor with...

• African slave labor

• European slave labor

• Chinese labor

• serfs

Identify what would cultural characteristics would be diffused to indigenous Americans in the mission system. (choose two)

• Chinese calligraphy

• Catholic Christianity

• European clothing

• Islam

Which group of people was the primary labor force in the Encomienda system?

• Indigenous Americans

• Spanish colonists

• Indigenous Africans

• Great Plains natives

The Encomienda System was designed to support what form of economics?

• guild system

• manorialism

• socialism

• mercantilism