Chapter 17 complete Flashcards
In order to spare their king’s life, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro demanded that the Inca
a. Fill a room with gold
b. hand over their land to the Spanish
c. become Spanish slaves
d. fight against the Spanish army in Peru
a. Fill a room with gold
After the Inca paid the ransom that Francisco Pizarro demanded in exchange for the release of their king, Pizarro had
a. the king killed
b. the king’s family imprisoned
c. the king released to the Inca
d. the king imprisoned
a. the king killed
the Aztec empire in Mexico was ruled by
a. Moctezuma
b. Tenochtitlan
c. Quetzalcoatl
d. Atahualpa
a. Moctezuma
When they thought that the Spanish were abusing Native Americans, Spanish priests would
a. report the incidents to the king and queen of Spain
b. turn a blind eye
c. have the Spanish offenders sent back to Spain
d. intervene on behalf of the Native Americans
d. intervene on behalf of the Native Americans
Enslaved Africans were often used in the southern colonies of North America to help farm crops of
a. sugar and sweet potatoes
b. tobacco and cotton
c. cotton and sugar
d. tobacco and sugar
d. tobacco and sugar
Death rates on slave voyages across the Atlantic Ocean may have averaged as much as
a. fifty percent
b. five percent.
c. twenty percent.
d. thirty percent
c. twenty percent.
Ships from Europe went to Africa to get slaves in exchange for
a. raw materials
b. manufactured goods
c. money
d. building African villages
b. manufactured goods
Local Native Americans helped French colonists trade in
a. North American spices
b. fur
c. tobacco
d. enslaved Africans
b. fur
While the Spanish clergy forced native Americans to adapt to Spanish ways and beliefs, they also allowed
a. a new religion called Protestantism
b. blending of the cultures
c. a form of Christianity called Santeria
d. Catholicism
b. blending of the cultures
One of the reasons European colonists may have been able to excuse the enslavement of human beings was that
a. it was a traditional practice
b. they needed the slaves to work the crops or else the colonists would starve
c. the African slaves were from a very different culture and were usually not Christians
d. they felt the Bible condoned the practice of slavery
c. the African slaves were from a very different culture and were usually not Christians
The Dutch established colonies in the Caribbean to take advantage of trading
a. tobacco
b. gold
c. spices
d. sugar cane
d. sugar cane
An encomienda granted the Spanish in the Americas the right to control
a. and farm the land
b. the Native American population in a given area
c. and own enslaved Africans
d. and own land
c. and own enslaved Africans
After Columbus’s discover of a new land, the French began to cross the Atlantic to
a. claim new territory
b. trade in gold
c. fish for cod
d. escape religious persecution
c. fish for cod
To govern the Americas, Spain divided its lands into different units known as
a. principalities
b. viceroyalties
c. colonies
d. states
b. viceroyalties
Columbus wrote that the new land he had discovered offered
a. gold, spices, and slaves
b. beautiful beaches and weather
c. a new opportunity for Spain to expand
d. new varieties of fruit
a. gold, spices, and slaves
