HISTORY - 3rd Partial, 3rd Trimester

Which were the 2 institutions that regulated the political and spiritual life in Nueva España? (select 2 options)

• La República de Indios

• Virrey

• The Church

• La Casa de la Moneda

Which of the following was NOT an economic practice during el virreinato?

• La Encomienda

• El repartimiento

• Tributes

• Trading silver

Which of the following economic practices allowed the Spanish people to own a territory including all of the indigenous people included in it?

• Tributes

• Mining

• La Encomienda

• The Church

The right to have a land or territory was known as __________. In other words, was like the official transcript that said you owned it.

• La Encomienda

• Mercedes reales

• Tributes

• Agriculture

In Nueva España, several groups were made. Some of them were called ___________, which represented the artisans and hard workers. They grouped themselves to organize their productions.

• Gremios

• Obrajes

• Indios

• Spanish

What economical power did gremios have? (only select 1)

• They had no power

• They controlled production and prices

• They regulated exportations

• They couldn´t produce anything else

Select the FALSE statement about The Church´s power during el virreinato.

• Its role in New Spain's society was restricted to religion

• It became a protagonist of the colonial economy, as it managed to accumulate great wealth.

• The Church had around 10 different ways in which it made money

• It accumulated so much money and everyone wanted to be part of it somehow

The Church had different ways to get money. One was asking for the 10% of the people´s salary and income, which was a strategy called ___________.

• Dotes

• Tributes

• Diezmo

• Mercedes reales

Spanish society wanted their daughters involved in the Church, so they prepared a huge amount of money called _________ which was given as a donation for them to enter a convent.

• Diezmo

• Dotes

• Mercedes Reales

• Encomienda

Which of the following were strategies that the Church did to get money? (select 3)

• Donations

• Obras pias

• Selling and trading silver

• Not sharing nor caring

• Rentals of properties