Transcript Chapter 25 Review Questions

Chapter 25 Review
Questions
From highest to lowest, the racial
caste’s in Spain’s colonies were:
1. Creoles, mestizos, &
natives
2. Peninsulares,
mestizos, & creoles
3. Peninsulares, creoles,
slaves, & mestizos
4. Peninsulares, creoles,
mestizos, natives, &
slaves
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How did Spain organize
its New World colonies?
1.
2.
They were ruled by military governors
Into viceroyalties governed by viceroys who answered
to the Crown
3.
4.
Each colony chose its own governor
Into a single vast dependency known as New Spain
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How did Spain organize
its New World colonies?
1.
2.
They were ruled by military governors
Into viceroyalties governed by viceroys who answered
to the Crown
3.
4.
Each colony chose its own governor
Into a single vast dependency known as New Spain
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Who were the “coureurs de bois?”
1.
2.
3.
4.
Couriers who delivered
messages in New France
Poets who romanticized
France’s colonies
Woodsmen whose fur
trapping was a major
activity in New France
Shipbuilders whose
skills improved France’s
merchant fleet
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What role did Jesuit missionaries play in
the American colonies?
1.
2.
3.
4.
They founded institutions
of higher learning
They trained native troops
for Spain
They extended Spain’s
missions into California
They pioneered contacts
with the most remote and
dangerous native tribes
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What made the Atlantic-based “Triangle
Trade” so profitable?
1. Improved sailing technology shortened the
time required to cross the Atlantic
2. Merchants sold different products on each leg
of the trip, increasing profit
3. The demand for slaves was replaced by the
demand for rum
4. British control of the Atlantic
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Which of the following was most lethal
for native Americans during early
encounters with Europeans?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Firearms
Mounted troops
Smallpox
Steel swords
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Which European nation controlled the
greatest amount of American territory?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Spain
Portugal
France
Britain
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The term mestizo refers to
A. the coins that were used in the Aztec empire
B. an individual of indigenous and European
parentage.
C. the Spanish plantations on which millions of
Central and South Americans were enslaved.
D. the Aztec term for the mysterious disease
that devastated their population.
E. the percentage of silver that went to the
Spanish government.
The first people of the Americas to
come into contact with the Spanish
were the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Maya
Aztecs.
Inca
Tainos.
Chimu.
Christopher Columbus’s first
plan was
A. to build trading posts where merchants
could trade with the local population.
B. to plunder the legendary wealth of the
Aztecs.
C. to form an alliance with the Aztecs against
the Inca.
D. to form an alliance with the French before
attacking the Tainos.
E. to subjugate the native population as a
slave race for the Spanish.
The encomenderos were
A. Aztec priests who viewed the Spanish as
visiting gods.
B. Spanish settlers.
C. the first society of the Americas to come into
contact with the Spanish.
D. the Spanish administrative officials who
ruled over the colonies and reported back to
Spain.
E. individuals of indigenous and European
parentage
Hernán Cortés was responsible
for the conquest of the
A. Tainos.
B. Chimu.
C. Inca.
D. Aztecs.
E. Moche.
The conquistador who
conquered the Inca was
A. Balboa.
B. Cortes.
C. Cabral.
D. Magellan.
E. Pizarro.
The conquistadores
A. established empires in Central and South America
that lasted until the eighteenth century.
B. lost control because of a bloody battle between
the forces of Cortés and Pizarro.
C. eventually lost control and were replaced by
formal rule by the Spanish crown.
D. eventually died of the very same smallpox that
they had unwittingly introduced to the Americas.
E. in turn were defeated by French forces
The two centers of Spanish royal
authority in the Americas were
A. Lima and Chanchan.
B. Mexico City and Cuzco.
C. Lima and Mexico City.
D. Tenochtitlan and Mexico City.
E. Cuzco and Tehnochtitlan.
The power of the viceroys was
checked by reviews led by
A. the mestizo.
B. the zambos.
C. the encomiendas.
D. the Spanish king himself.
E. the audiencias.
Brazil was spotted in 1500 by
the Portuguese mariner
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a. Dias.
b. de Gama.
c. Cabral.
d. Cook.
e. Magellan.
Which of the following sites in
North America was originally a
Dutch colony ?
A. Plymouth
B. Jamestown
C. Port Royal
D. New York
E. Quebec
The English colony of Jamestown
A. was nearly destroyed due to mass starvation.
B. was wildly successful and quickly recouped
the original financial investment.
C. mysteriously disappeared during a period
when the English were too busy to send aid.
D. served as a remarkably satisfactory location
for the Puritans.
E. was burned to the ground during a French
invasion.
Which of the following was not true
of the American Indians that the
English and French came into
contact with?
A. The North American Indians did not have large,
centralized states like the Aztecs and Inca.
B. The North American Indians did not live in densely
populated areas.
C. The Indians practiced agriculture, but moved
frequently in pursuit of game.
D. The Indians lived in dozens of distinct societies.
E. The Indians guarded their claims to private
ownership of land even more jealously than the
Europeans did.
Cabeza de Vaca
A. was the conquistador who conquered the
Maya.
B. established the first Spanish government in
the Americas.
C. was the first mestizo in the Americas.
D. converted thousands of Indians to
Christianity.
E. was a slave under Indian control for eight
years.