Colonial empires in America

a ship invented by the Portuguese that made

it possible to travel long distances

• mita

• encomienda

• caravel

• peninsulares

leaders in the Spanish conquest of

the Americas

• peninsulares

• conquistadors

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• mita

forced labor system used by the Spanish in

colonial Latin America

• mita

• encomienda

• slavery

• indentured servitude

forced labor system used in colonial Peru to

draft indigenous workers to work in silver

mines

• mita

• encomienda

• slavery

• indentured servitude

What was the role of improved technology in

European exploration in the 15^th and 16^th

centuries?

• The steam engine made ships faster.

• Slave rowers from Africa propelled ships

       farther

• The astrolabe determined latitude at sea.

Two Native American empires

destroyed by Spanish invaders were the

• Aztec and Inca.

• Maya and Inca.

• Aztec and Maya.

Inca farmers adapted their environment by

growing food in

• terraced fields

• clear-cut rain forests

• flooded rice paddies

Which of these was the MOST important result of the decline of the native population in South

America?

• The search to enslave more natives from North America.

• The removal of Jesuits from South America.

• The importation of slaves from Africa.

Why did the Catholic Church have so much influence in Latin America?

• The Catholic Church gave Native Americans food and clothing.

• Spanish and Portuguese rulers wanted Native Americans to become Catholic.

• The missions were well organized and profitable.

• Native Americans became docile members of the Spanish and Portuguese empires.

How did the Portuguese and Spanish make money from their Latin American colonies?

• farming and mining

• buying and selling land

• selling enslaved people

• governing the colonies