Exam 28: From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

What was the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Spanish colonies?

Among which group would the daughters of the criollos try to find a husband?

Brazil, a colony of ____________________ began as a(n) ____________________ plantation.

With their capital at Mexico City, the Spanish apparently concluded that

What was one of the special forms of assistance performed by the colonial mestizos?

After conquering the Aztecs in 1521, Cortés began the construction of ____________________ with stone from destroyed pyramids.

Peninsulars had all of the following responsibilities EXCEPT

Which of the following was true of social life in late 18th century Latin America?

The Spanish audiencia was a

In the early colonial period, the greatest amount of silver was extracted from ____________________, and the second largest amount came from mines just north of ____________________.

Nearly all of the early trade to and from Spanish America was channeled through the port of

Which of the following factors helped bring about the rapid fall of both the Aztec and Inca empires?

____________________ were early Spanish town councils.

With the necessity for every person in Brazil to work together for survival and success, what was notably different about the Portuguese colony?

Which of the following countries received the most African slaves?

Where did the almost-successful rebellion by the Tupac Amaru take place?

In a legal sense, both ____________________ and ____________________ were considered Spanish, but the ____________________ considered themselves superior.

The encomienda gave Spanish conquerors the right to

Haitian slaves gained freedom after a revolt led by ____________________, an ex-slave.

Criollos were