Global History Regents Exam Question Bank Table of Contents

(1) The fewest people in the population had the greatest power.

(2) Africans and Native Americans were politically powerful.

(3) The peninsulares made up the majority of the population.

(4) Mestizos and mulattoes controlled the most land in the colonies.

(1) eliminated the use of guilds

(2) promoted isolationism

(3) exploited indigenous peoples

(4) reduced Spanish influence
Which country is responsible for the extensive colonial use of the encomienda labor system?

(1) England

(2) France

(3) the Netherlands

(4) Spain
The social class system in Latin America during the 16th and 17th centuries reflects the

(1) dominance of Spanish-born nobility

(2) emerging equality between classes

(3) influence of mestizo economic power

(4) increasing social mobility of Native American Indians
In colonial Spanish America, which system was developed by the Spanish to support plantation agriculture?

(1) barter

(2) encomienda

(3) domestic

(4) guild
What was a direct result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on African cultures?

(1) Many African communities faced economic disaster.

(2) European industrial factories were established throughout Africa.

(3) Animism was no longer practiced in Africa.

(4) Africans across the continent hired Europeans to train their military.
The encomienda system in colonial Latin America led to the

(1) use of forced labor

(2) establishment of trade unions

(3) increase in landownership by Native Americans

(4) weakening of the power of peninsulares
Base your answer to question __ on the summaries of the “New Laws” quoted below and on your knowledge of social studies.

. . . Art. 31. All Indians held in encomienda by the viceroys, by their lieutenants, royal officers, prelates, monasteries, hospitals, religious houses, mints, the treasury, etc., are to be transferred forthwith to the Crown. . . .

— New Laws issued by Emperor Charles V, 1542–1543

(1) reduce local authority and increase central control

(2) increase religious authority and limit secular influences

(3) guarantee citizenship to Indians while supporting traditional practices

(4) promote economic development while expanding political rights for Indians
What was one reason the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec Empire?

(1) The Spanish soldiers made effective use of their military technology against the Aztecs.

(2) Aztec religious beliefs promoted nonviolence.

(3) Spain joined the Incas in their fight against the Aztecs.

(4) The Spanish cavalry outnumbered the Aztec warriors.
A direct result of the conquest of Tenochtitlán by Hernán Cortés in 1521 was the

(1) expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain

(2) establishment of Portuguese trade routes around Africa

(3) fall of the Aztec Empire