Conquest of the Americas

Question 1

In the first Spanish colonies, how did nearly all Indigenous peoples die?

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disease

Question 2

Arranged from greatest privileges to fewest privileges, which is the correct order of the Spanish class system?

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peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons

Question 3

Which Spanish class included Spanish colonists born in the Americas?

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criollos

Question 4

How did the encomienda system function in the Spanish colonies?

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It was a slavery system that did not allow the enslaved to be sold off the land.

Question 5

Why did the Spanish government establish the encomienda system in the Spanish colonies?

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to set up a labor supply

Question 6

Atahualpa was the leader of the

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Inca Empire.

Question 7

Where were the first Spanish colonies located in the Americas?

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in the Caribbean

Question 8

The conquistadors were driven primarily by

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the desire for gold.

Conquest of the Americas Answers