WorksheetsTopic 2, Lesson 1 Quiz: Spanish Colonization
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following answers was NOT an advantage of the Spanish when defeating the Inca and Aztec Empires?
a)
They were outnumbered
b)
Indigenous people being fearful of soldiers on horses
c)
Aztec myth about god-like figures resulting in them being welcomed
d)
Help from an indigenous woman that gave them valuable in-sight and translated for them
2.
Why did Spain want to establish colonies?
a)
They wanted to spread Christianity (God)
b)
They wanted to gain wealth and gold
c)
They wanted to the glory of exploring the world
d)
All of the above
3.
Penninsulares were
a)
People born in Spain. They held the highest jobs in government and the Church
b)
People born in the Americas to parents that BOTH came from Spain, still wealthy and well educated
c)
People who had one parent from Spain and the other indigenous parent. They worked in trades
4.
Indigenous people were
a)
People born in the Americas to parents that BOTH came from Spain, still wealthy and well educated
b)
People who had one parent from Spain and the other indigenous parent. They worked in trades
c)
The largest class and was treated as conquered people and kept in poverty
5.
Mestizos were
a)
People born in Spain. They held the highest jobs in government and the Church
b)
People who had one parent from Spain and the other indigenous parent. They worked in trades
c)
The largest class and was treated as conquered people and kept in poverty
6.
Creoles were
a)
People born in Spain. They held the highest jobs in government and the Church
b)
People born in the Americas to parents BOTH that came from Spain, still wealthy and well educated
c)
The largest class and was treated as conquered people and kept in poverty
7.
Encomiendas were
a)
The process when indigenous people went to Spain
b)
Land grants that allowed the Spanish to get land in the Americas for free and force the indigenous people to work it
c)
The civil rights movement of the indigenous people
8.
Who requested civil rights for the indigenous people?
a)
Hernan Cortes
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Bartoleome De Las Casas
9.
When Bartoleome De Las Casas asked the king to protect the civil rights of the indigenous people the king
a)
Passed laws that did not work
b)
Put De Las Casas in jail
c)
Ended the colonies in the Americas
10.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade kidnapped people from where to be the new labor force in the Americas
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
c)
Canada
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