3.1 Spanish Colonies in the Americas QUIZ

What is a viceroy?

• A person who rules a country or territory as a representative of the king or queen.

• A system for classifying people by their race or parents.

• A person sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion.

• A system that gave Spanish settlers the right to control local Native Americans.

What is the encomienda system?

• A person who rules a country or territory as a representative of the king or queen.

• A system that gave Spanish settlers the right to control local Native Americans and protect them.

• A person sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion.

• A system for classifying people by their race or parents.

What is a class system?

• A person who rules a country or territory as a representative of the king or queen.

• A system for classifying people by their race or parents.

• A person sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion.

• A system that gave Spanish settlers the right to control local Native Americans.

What is a missionary?

• A person who rules a country or territory as a representative of the king or queen.

• A system for classifying people by their race or parents.

• A person sent to another country to convince others to believe in a particular religion.

• A system that gave Spanish settlers the right to control local Native Americans.

What were the reasons Spanish monarchs conquered and settled the Americas?

• To gain wealth, power, land, and spread Christianity.

• To establish trade routes and alliances.

• To explore new territories and cultures.

• To escape from European conflicts.

Which treaty divided North and South America between Spain and Portugal?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Madrid

Which two countries were divided by the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• Spain and France

• Spain and Portugal

• Portugal and England

• France and England

When the treaty line was moved in 1494, it allowed Portugal to claim what is now ______ in ______ America.

• Brazil, South

• Mexico, Central

• Argentina, South

• Colombia, North

Why did Cortes go back to Spain?

• He missed his family

• He got sick

• The King needed him in Spain

• The king appointed a viceroy

TRUE or FALSE: Spaniards often followed the encomienda system set up by King Charles V.

• TRUE

• FALSE