Ch 24

What similar view of Doña Marina is portrayed in both images? a. She is portrayed as a heroine. b. She is portrayed as a victim. c. She is portrayed as a collaborator with the Aztec elite. d. She is portrayed as an essential part of the negotiations.

d. She is portrayed as an essential part of the negotiations.

Which of the following was the most important long-term effect of the European acquisition of the wealth and resources of the Americas, as alluded to in the passage? a. A lasting shift in the balance of trade between Europe and Asia b. The decline of feudalism in Europe c. A decrease in the influence of Christianity worldwide d. The end of Chinese maritime exploration in the Indian Ocean

a. A lasting shift in the balance of trade between Europe and Asia

The ethnic makeup of Zacatecas, as described in the passage, can best be used as evidence of which of the following? a. The dependence of colonial economies on coerced labor b. The social tensions that gave rise to the Latin American wars of independence c. The development of indentured servitude as an alternative to slavery d. The emergence of syncretic religious belief systems, such as Santería and Candomblé

a. The dependence of colonial economies on coerced labor

Before 1700, Spain governed its American colonies through a system of a. appointed administrators b. independent merchants c. written constitutions d. chartered companies

a. appointed administrators

A historian examining Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century would best utilize the sources above to analyze which of the following topics? a. The process of introducing the encomienda system b. How Christian ideas were communicated to and understood by Amerindians c. Conflicts between the Jesuits and the Franciscans d. The extent of the decline of the Amerindian population

b. How Christian ideas were communicated to and understood by Amerindians

Navarro's economic observations expressed in the passage above are best understood in the context of which of the following? a. The Spanish-Portuguese colonial rivalry in the Atlantic b. The influx of silver from the Americas into the Spanish economy c. The practice of governments devaluing their currencies by reducing the proportion of precious metals in their coins d. The beginning of large-scale importation of silver by China from Spanish mines in the Americas

b. The influx of silver from the Americas into the Spanish economy

The existence of a sugar mill in the Mexican town in the passage indicates that the region of Mexico in which the lawsuit took place was part of which of the following? a. The Manila galleon trade route b. The pre-Columbian pochteca traveling-merchant network c. The Atlantic trade system d. The indentured-labor migration system

c. The Atlantic trade system

Which of the following was the most important factor in enabling the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire? a. The Spanish were able to field larger armies than the Aztecs were. b. Spanish tolerance of Aztec religion and culture weakened Aztec resistance. c. The Spanish were able to exploit the poverty in the Aztec Empire which caused a revolt of Aztec farmers against the Aztec ruling class. d. The Spanish were able to form military alliances with other indigenous peoples who were enemies of the Aztecs.

d. The Spanish were able to form military alliances with other indigenous peoples who were enemies of the Aztecs.ydty

In the period 1500 to 1750, the population of the Portuguese colony of Brazil grew rapidly and became predominantly African. Which of the following best explains these demographic changes? a. The adoption of indigenous food crops by African migrants b. Portuguese loss of colonial holdings in the Indian Ocean c. The rapid natural increase of Brazil's early slave population d. The increase in global demand for cash crops such as sugar

d. The increase in global demand for cash crops such as sugar

Which of the following long-term changes in the period circa 1550-1700 best demonstrates that the actions described by de Estete in the passage failed to fully achieve their goals? a. The development of a global economy based on Spanish exports of Andean silver b. American foods becoming staple crops in Eurasia c. The emergence of syncretic religious practices in the Americas d. The growing Spanish dependence on coerced labor in the Americas

c. The emergence of syncretic religious practices in the Americas