Chapter 10 Quiz for Exploitation, Inequality, and Resistance

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. By 1550, Spaniards had founded nearly _______ cities and towns.

100 correct incorrect

200 correct incorrect

300 correct incorrect

400 correct incorrect

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. The major cities in Spanish America quickly forged strong economic ties with each other.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. Segregation in housing was strictly enforced, with not even the poorest Spaniard living among the castas.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. In traditional villages, the sites of social focus were the church and the

apothecary correct incorrect

town office correct incorrect

general store correct incorrect

priest's home correct incorrect

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. Haciendas typically lacked

shops correct incorrect

housing for tenants correct incorrect

corrals correct incorrect

resident priests correct incorrect

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. The devastating earthquake and tsunami in 1746 reduced the population of Callao from roughly 4,000 to

200 correct incorrect

400 correct incorrect

800 correct incorrect

1,600 correct incorrect

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. Two major earthquakes in 1773 led to

the loss of 23 ships correct incorrect

the relocation of Guatemala's capital correct incorrect

the near total destruction of Lima correct incorrect

the collapse of virtually all of Santo Domingo's wooden structures correct incorrect

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. Massive flooding in 1629 left Mexico City under water for

four months correct incorrect

one year correct incorrect

nearly three years correct incorrect

four years correct incorrect

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. Iberians in the New World sought to encourage productivity and discourage idleness in workers by

giving them opportunity for advancement correct incorrect

paying overtime wages correct incorrect

threatening them with physical punishment or job loss correct incorrect

paying very little correct incorrect

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. Trousers, shirts, and other European clothing items became available in the Indies after Europeans introduced

steel shears correct incorrect

metal sewing needles correct incorrect

sheep's wool correct incorrect

silk correct incorrect

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. The most important single import throughout the centuries of Spanish and Portuguese rule was

rich textiles correct incorrect

spices correct incorrect

jewelry and precious metals correct incorrect

cotton correct incorrect

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. Up to 90 percent of the calories in an Indian's diet in the 17th century came from

manioc correct incorrect

maize correct incorrect

potatoes correct incorrect

wheat correct incorrect

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. The legacy of African cuisine is seen most clearly today in

Brazil and Peru correct incorrect

Bolivia and Ecuador correct incorrect

Brazil and Cuba correct incorrect

Ecuador and Chile correct incorrect

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. In the late seventeenth century, the drink of choice became

wine correct incorrect

rum correct incorrect

brandy correct incorrect

tequila correct incorrect

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. Capital punishment was less common in Spanish and Portuguese possessions than in English colonies in part because

dead criminals could provide no labor correct incorrect

the Catholic church frowned upon executions correct incorrect

murder was less common correct incorrect

executions were banned for all but the most egregious crimes correct incorrect