Multiple Choice Quiz
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1
Which of the following was not characteristic of Iberian society?
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2
Which of the following practices was extended to the Americas as a result of Portuguese commercial and colonial experience elsewhere?
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3
Which of the following practices was originally part of Columbus's plans for the administration of the New World discoveries?
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4
Encomiendas were
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5
Which of the following statements concerning commerce to the Spanish colonies during the sixteenth century is most accurate?
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6
Which of the following men was an advocate of Indian rights?
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7
The tremendous decline of the Indian population was matched by the rapid increase in
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8
When the encomienda system began to fail, the Spanish government
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9
The Spanish commercial system with the Latin American colonies was organized around
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10
The greatest concentration of mercury was found at
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11
Which of the following statements concerning the agricultural system of Spanish America is not accurate?
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12
Which of the following statements concerning the organization of trade with the Americas is most accurate?
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13
In 1494 Spain and Portugal clarified the boundaries of their colonial possessions in the
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14
In its final form, the Spanish colonial government in Latin America was divided at first into two and later into four
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15
In contrast to the Spanish colonies, Brazil's economy was initially devoted to
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16
1700 slaves comprised approximately what proportion of the Brazilian population?
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17
Which of the following statements concerning the Brazilian economy is most accurate?
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18
Which of the following statements concerning Portugal's economy is most accurate?
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19
The Spanish policy that resulted in the opening of trade to the colonies to cities other than Seville or Cadiz was called
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20
Which of the following statements concerning the eighteenth century Spanish reforms in America is most accurate?
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.
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