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In the first Spanish colonies, how did nearly all Indigenous peoples die?

poison

disease

sacrifice

neglect

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Arranged from greatest privileges to fewest privileges, which is the correct order of the Spanish class system?

peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons

peninsulares, mestizos, criollos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons

criollos, peninsulares, mestizos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons

mestizos, peninsulares, criollos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons

Which Spanish class included Spanish colonists born in the Americas?

peninsulares

criollos

mestizos

conquistadors

How did the encomienda system function in the Spanish colonies?

It was a slavery system that did not allow the enslaved to be sold off the land.

It made noble attempts to care for the Indigenous peoples.

It established a system that distributed land to the Indigenous peoples.

It served as a model for the medieval system to be developed in Spain.

Why did the Spanish government establish the encomienda system in the Spanish colonies?

to grant land to Indigenous peoples

to divide land equally

to defend the Indigenous peoples

to set up a labor supply

Atahualpa was the leader of the

Inca Empire.

Aztec Empire.

Mexican Empire.

Spanish Empire.

Where were the first Spanish colonies located in the Americas?

in Canada

in mainland North America

in South America

in the Caribbean

The conquistadors were driven primarily by

the desire for gold.

a religious duty to acquire land for Spain.

an urge to distribute land to the native peoples.

a desire to have Indigenous peoples experience power and fame.

Why did Spain create missions in the colonies?

to create forced labor using Indigenous peoples

to adapt to Indigenous traditions

to assimilate Indigenous peoples

to return land to Indigenous peoples

Paying tribute included giving gold or human sacrifice victims to a larger, more powerful empire. Which empire forced others to pay tribute?

Aztec Empire

Inca Empire

Spanish Empire

Portuguese Empire

Which leader was imprisoned by Cortés?

Moctezuma II

Atahualpa

Pizarro

Columbus

Read the passage from The Florentine Codex.And [even] before the Spaniards had risen against us, a pestilence first came to be prevalent: the smallpox. It was the month of Tepeilhuitl when it began, and it spread over the people as great destruction. Some it quite covered with blisters on all parts – their faces, their heads, their chests, etc. . . . Entirely covered with blisters, very many people died of them. And very many starved; there was death from hunger, for none could take care of the sick; nothing could be done for them.–The Florentine Codex, 1579What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?

The Indigenous population was weakened before Spanish attacks began.

There were fewer deaths by starvation than small pox.

Smallpox may have become a worldwide epidemic.

Starvation could have been limited with better farming techniques.

The Aztecs controlled the most powerful empire in

Peru.

Mexico.

Bolivia.

Panama.

Read the passage by Bartolomé de las Casas.[Since New Spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. These so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. And [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated, the perpetrators having lost all fear of God . . . and all sense of self-respect.–Bartolomé de las CasasAccording to Bartolomé de las Casas, the effect of atrocities, injustices, and outrageous acts on the perpetrators is that

they lose respect for themselves and become distanced from God, in whom they claim to believe.

Spanish explorers were stealing, killing, and murdering the Indigenous peoples of the region.

they experienced the violence and bloody tyranny of these Christians.

the Indigenous peoples of the region were killed by members of the expedition.

What was the most significant result of the Spanish colonization of Central and South America?

Spain became rich by stealing the wealth of the American colonies.

Spain brought advanced cultural values to the American colonies.

Spain brought religion and high moral values to the American colonies.

Spain was transformed by the cultural richness of the Americas.

For what primary purpose did the Spanish enslave many Indigenous peoples?

to build churches and grow coffee

to build ships and grow tobacco