Author Question: Which statement about Spanish settlements in the New World is FALSE? A. Many helped establish ... (Read 137 times)

captainjonesify · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

To reduce conflicts, Spanish policy toward the Pueblo Indians in the eighteenth century involved all of the following EXCEPT

A. toleration of tribal religious rituals.

B. an expansion of the encomienda system.

C. a willingness to permit the Pueblos to own their own land.

D. intensified efforts at assimilating the Pueblos.

E. a stop to the commandeering of Indian labor.

Question 2

The first permanent Spanish settlement in what is now the United States was

A. San Francisco.

B. New Orleans.

C. St. Augustine.

D. St. Louis.

E. Santa Fe.

Question 3

An encomienda was a

A. Spanish-run community of assimilated Indians.

B. uniform worn by conquistadores.

C. special title given to Spanish explorers of the New World.

D. religious ceremony.

E. license to exact tribute and labor from natives.

Question 4

Which statement about Spanish settlements in the New World is FALSE?

A. Many helped establish elements of European civilization permanently in America.

B. The Catholic Church was very interested in spreading Christianity in Mexico.

C. The first Spanish settlers were mostly interested in farming.

D. Spanish gold and silver mines were enormously productive.

E. Spanish colonies would form one of the largest empires in the history of the world.