Spain: History and Influence

The Spanish Inquisition is:

• The Spanish monarchy attempt to convert Jews and Muslims to Christianity.
• The attempt to convert Indians in Spanish colonies to Christianity.
• Only Option A
• Both options A and B

Key players in the Spanish colonization

• Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand
• Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI
• Queen Elizabeth and King Carlos
• Queen of Monaco

What role did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel play in the colonization?

• They financed Christopher Colombus exploration of the New World.
• They were the king and queen of Spain.
• They made sure the Natives in the new world were treated fairly.

Spanish Colonies

• Cuba, Puerto Rico and Colombia
• Ecuador, Brazil, Peru
• French Guinea, Argentina, Chile
• Haiti, Jamaica, Dominican Republic

Spanish Colonies

• Paraguay & Uruguay
• Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras
• Mexico & Guatemala
• All of the options are correct.

The correct order of social classes in Spanish colonies:

• Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos/Mulatos, Africans/Natives.
• Mestizos/Mulatos, Peninsulares, Creoles, Africans/Natives.
• African/Natives, Mestizos/Mulatos, Creoles, Peninsulares.
• Creoles, Peninsulares, Mestizos & Mulatos, African & Natives.

Peninsulares were:

• Spaniards born in Spain living in Spanish colonies.  Most important in social hierarchy.
• Children of Spaniards born in Spanish colonies. (Second in social hierarchy.
• Children of one Spaniard parent and one Indian or Native American.
• Spaniard born in Spain and lived in Spain.

Creoles (or criollos) were:

• Spaniards born in Spain living in Spanish colonies.  Most important in social hierarchy.
• Children of Spaniards born in Spanish colonies. (Second in social hierarchy.
• Children of one Spaniard parent and one Indian or Native American.
• Children of a Native American and an African.

Born from a Spanish parent and a Native American:

• Peninsulares
• Creoles (Criollo)
• Mestizos
• Mulatos

Native American Indians were

• Brought from Africa.
• Original people living in America.
• Americans that came from Europe.
• Children of an American parent and an Indian parent.