Latin America Chapter 2 Review

They signed the Treaty of Tordesillas creating the Line of Demarcation.

• England & France

• Spain & Portugal

• Germany & Italy

• Switzerland & Poland

The degree of longitude of the Line of Demarcation.

• 30 Degrees North

• 70 Degrees South

• 50 Degrees West

• 90 Degrees East

The only South American country with a Portuguese background and language.

• Brazil

• Chile

• Columbia

• Argentina

The fraction each conquistador gave back in wealth to their home country.

• 1/2

• 1/5

• 1/10

• 1/25

These people had never been exposed to diseases like smallpox and measles.

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• French

• Native Americans

These people were sent by the Catholic Church to spread Christianity to the people in America.

• Missionaries

• Traders

• Sailors

• Conquistadors

The king appointed these people as representatives who ruled a province in the king’s name.

• Mayors

• Viceroys

• Governors

• Kings

Name one of the two most important provinces in Spain’s American empire. _________ and Peru

• Cuzco

• New Spain

• West Indies

• Tenochtitlan

In the Spanish empire, these people were the least powerful class and often lived in the countryside.

• Mayors

• Priests

• Native Americans

• Viceroys

The Spanish forced Native Americans to work here when silver was discovered in Mexico.

• Farms

• Mines

• Mountains

• Caves