Unit 2 Quiz

In the document “Pedro Castaneda explores the High Plains,” the author was particularly impressed by

the enormous herds of buffalo

Which of the following was not an official policy of the Spanish crown regarding its treatment of the Indians?

Indians had the right to vote

Who succeeded Hernando de Soto as leader of his expedition of the Gulf Coast following his death?

Luis de Moscoso

Who was the first Spaniard to explore the area we know today as Texas?

Cabeza de Vaca

The Crown turned to the mission system in the northern borderlands for the following reasons except

the Catholic Church promised the king that it would enslave the Indians

The encomienda system

was an agricultural system similar to European feudalism, but with greater control by the crown

The repartimiento was

the use of Indian labor for public works projects, such as bridges, roads, etc

What religious figure fought against conquistador abuses of the Indians?

Bartolomé de las Casas

As a result of the Marcos de Niza expedition into the Southwest, a community of which of the following Indian tribes was believed by the Spanish to be one of the Seven Cities of Gold?

Pueblo

The Treaty that divided the “new world” between Spain and Portugal in 1494

Treaty of Tordesillas