Trade
Which items were products that Europeans wanted from the Americas?
Choose all answers that are correct.
indigo and cochineal
animal hides
silver and gold
grapes and olives
cacao beans and sugarcane
indigo and cochineal
animal hides
silver and gold
cacao beans and sugarcane
Who wrote A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies to publicize Spanish mistreatment of the Indians?
Bernal Díaz
Guanajuato
Las Casas
Mendoza
Las Casas
Are these statements true or false?
Sugarcane is a tall grass that grows best in hot, tropical regions. Europeans craved sugar.
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false
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Which of the following is not true about the methods Spanish friars used to achieve their goals?
They learned local languages in order to better communicate with the local peoples.
They studied traditional Indian beliefs, and then used those similarities to help explain Christian ideas.
They protested the treatment of the Indian peoples to the government.
They refused to baptize native converts into the Christian faith.
They refused to baptize native converts into the Christian faith.
Are these statements true or false?
Indigo is a spice that sweetens drinks. The Spanish used indigo in their tea and coffee.
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false
false
Which of the following best describes the reasons friars and Jesuits went to the colonies?
They went in search of gold and glory.
They went to find new lands, wildlife, and fauna.
They went to convert the native peoples to Catholicism.
They went to serve the native peoples who had become Christians years earlier.
They went to convert the native peoples to Catholicism.
Are these statements true or false?
Cochineal is a red dye obtained from the dried bodies of cochineal insects. The Spanish used it to dye their fine cloth.
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true
Which of the following best describes the lives of the native peoples under the encomienda system?
They became rich, but could not be government officials because they were not born in Spain.
They were very poor, forced to work the land or in the mines, and died from beatings, hunger, and disease.
They stuck to their own religions and rejected the Catholicism of the Spanish.
They increased in numbers under Spanish rule.
They were very poor, forced to work the land or in the mines, and died from beatings, hunger, and disease.
The king of Spain governed his colonies through viceroys.
Which explanation best describes the viceroyalty system and the royal servants who ran it?
Viceroys watched over the king's lands, increased his wealth, and carried out his will.
Viceroys watched over the rights of the king's Indian subjects.
Viceroys made sure that Spanish colonists had no grievances against the king.
Viceroys made sure that products from the Americas were cheaper than those in Spain.
Viceroys watched over the king's lands, increased his wealth, and carried out his will.
The king maintained control through a rigid class structure.
Which statements accurately describe an aspect of the class structure?
Peninsulares were native-born Spaniards who held all the important positions in the colonies.
Milanos were on the lowest rung on the social ladder and were little more than slaves.
Creoles were of Spanish descent but born in America and therefore seldom held government positions.
Mestizos were of mixed race, Spanish and Indian, and were generally poor, if free.
The native peoples were very poor and worked in the fields and in the mines.
Peninsulares were native-born Spaniards who held all the important positions in the colonies.
Creoles were of Spanish descent but born in America and therefore seldom held government positions.
Mestizos were of mixed race, Spanish and Indian, and were generally poor, if free.
The native peoples were very poor and worked in the fields and in the mines.