Spanish Essay Review

Question 1

What natural resource (found in Peru) was of great value and importance to Spain?

Answer 1

Silver

Question 2

Which group was sent by Spain to “conquer” land in the Americas?

Answer 2

conquistadors

Question 3

Why did the king of Spain send viceroys to the Spanish colonies in the Americas?

Answer 3

to maintain control

Question 4

Which religion played a key role in the Spanish colonies?

Answer 4

Christianity

Question 5

Which religion was forced on the majority of the Native Americans?

Answer 5

Spanish

Question 6

Explain the encomienda system

Answer 6

A labor system used with the Spainards

Question 7

What was a creole?

Answer 7

people from spain/ spanish descendants

Question 8

Which two groups represented the mixed populations of the American colonies?

Answer 8

Muliatoes and Mestizas

Question 9

Which two groups blended cultures in the New World colonies?

Answer 9

Africans, the Spanish, and the Natives.

Question 10

Where does the term penisulare originate and what was a peninsulare?

Answer 10

• where Spain is located

* Spanish people