Unit 4 Quiz

Who was at the top of the Caste System?

• Spaniards
• Mestizos
• Criollos
• Peninsulares

How did the Spanish refer to the native peoples when they first conquer them?

• Indios Bárbaros
• Mestizos
• Salvages
• Berserkers

What did the Spanish create in their search for silver?

• Province of Nuevo Santander
• Conchos River
• Camino Real
• El Paso del Norte

What was NOT one of the ways the Spanish went during the Occupation of Texas?

• Conchos River
• Camino Real
• El Paso del Norte
• Province of Nuevo Santander

What was some major reasons why the Mexican War for Independence happened? (Check all that apply.)

• Enlightenment ideals
• Creole nationalism
• Spanish colonial rule
• Because of religious persecution

Which Catholic group value discernment and decision-making, and a prayerful consideration of possibilities and choices?

• Peninsulares
• Franciscans
• Criollos
• Jesuits

Which groups was 20% of the population of New Spain by the 1800s?

• Peninsulares and Mulattoes
• Mestizos and Mulattoes
• Criollo and Mestizos
• Peninsulares and Criollo

Which country helped to distract the Spanish and pull resources away from New Spain in 1807?

• Spain
• France
• Portugal
• Mexico

Which priest was the leader of the Mexican War of Independence?

• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
• Hernán Cortés
• José Navaéz
• Cabeza de Vaca

What was the Grito de Dolores?

• called on the people of his parish to join him in a rebellion against the current government
• the Mexican national anthem
• a Mexican children's game
• a group of armed men to free prison inmates