LAH 1.4 Colonial Life in L.A.

What was the purpose of the encomienda system?

• To protect the indigenous population

• To teach the indigenous people Spanish

• To organize and control indigenous labor

• To establish trade with indigenous people

Who benefited the most from the encomienda system?

• Indigenous people

• Spanish colonists (encomenderos)

• The Catholic Church

• Mestizos

Which of the following systems replaced the encomienda system?

• Repartimiento

• Mercantilism

• Plantation system

• Free labor system

The peninsulares were:

• Spanish settlers born in the Americas

• Spaniards born in Spain

• Indigenous people

• Mestizos

What was one of the main economic activities in colonial Latin America?

• Manufacturing

• Mining gold and silver

• Fishing

• Textile production

The repartimiento system was different from the encomienda because:

• It freed the indigenous people completely

• It involved rotational labor and less permanent control

• It only applied to Africans

• It was focused on trading goods

Who were the mestizos?

• Spaniards born in Spain

• People of mixed Spanish and indigenous ancestry

• Enslaved Africans

• Indigenous laborers

Which group occupied the lowest position in the social hierarchy?

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

• Creoles

• Indigenous people and enslaved Africans

What role did the Catholic Church play in colonial Latin American society?

• It organized the labor systems

• It was central to education and social customs

• It only worked with the Spanish elite

• It had no influence over politics or culture

Daily life for indigenous people and enslaved Africans in colonial Latin America was mostly characterized by:

• Freedom to work where they wanted

• Forced labor and difficult conditions

• Equal rights with the Spanish

• High social and political status