Chapter 19 Quiz

1.

1 point

Bartolomé de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sépulveda represented ________.

the brutality of Spanish conquest in the Americas

protection for Native Americans faced with Spanish conquest

two different attitudes towards Native Americans

the indifference of the Spanish crown towards Native Americans

2.

1 point

Which of these was the subject of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

mineral rights in South America

the future of the Jesuits in the Americas

division of territory between Spain and Portugal

the future of the East India companies

3.

1 point

Like the Mongol conquests of China and Central Asia, the Spanish conquest of the Americas ________.

brought a new hierarchy based largely on race

completely replaced one civilization with another

brought epidemic disease that wiped out much of the indigenous population

led to high rates of mortality

4.

1 point

Which of these first spurred emigration from Portugal to Brazil?

the Treaty of Tordesillas

sugar plantations

discovery of gold

establishment of the captaincies

5.

1 point

The flow of silver from the New World had a ________ impact on Spain.

negative long-term

positive long-term

positive short-term

negative short-term

6.

1 point

The viceroys were installed in the Americas to serve the interests of the ________.

peninsulares

clergy

Spanish kings

Native Americans

7.

1 point

The Spanish found the mita system ________.

expensive

barbaric

useless

useful

8.

1 point

Compared to the Crusades, the activities of the conquistadors were both ________.

better planned and less successful

expensive and unsuccessful

less bloody and less successful

less organized and more destructive

9.

1 point

The involvement of the Spanish Crown in the Americas from 1492 to 1700 can be characterized as ________.

well planned and consistent

initially interventionist, but then increasingly hands-off

generally hands-off

increasingly direct and interventionist

10.

1 point

For Spain, the advantage of employing men like Coronado and Valdivia is that this method ________.

cost the crown nothing

made the crown and conquistadors collaborators

made sure that Spanish clergy maintained control of conquests

gave the crown direct control of conquest