Quiz 2 Latin America Studies

Why did the Portuguese rely on enslaved Africans for labor?

1500s women were outnumbered 9-to-1 by men.

Societal groups coming to "New Spain"

After settling what did the Spanish want to do?

Who killed Moctezuma II?

What was life like for those that were enslaved in Brazil?

Historians agree, the "encomienda system" is slavery by a different name.

Tenochtitlan was built upon a lake...

At first, why did Spain explore westward?

At first (1500) a lot of women were settling in Central America.

Initially, Spanish and Portuguese contact with indigenous people's was violent.

Which place did the Spanish choose to build settlements?

What were Aztec Codices? (Codex)

Mocetezuma II actually believed Cortés was Quetzalcoatl.

Columbus tried to prove the world was round.

Diego Rivera's painting was made in the 1500s (CE/AD).

The encomienda system was brutal for indigenous communities.

What is one reason that the Spanish were successful conquering the Aztec and Inca?

What is an "encomienda"?

Bernal Diaz del Castillo was...

Brazil held the largest slave economy in modern history.

Who was Hernán Cortés?

Why did Portugal not colonize S. America right away?

Did the Spanish restrict indigenous people's from practicing their religions?

Under Spanish rule, the Aztecs were allowed to practice their religion(s).

Why were the Spanish able to legitimize their rule over Central America?

Indigenous communities in Central America & South America were not forced to change.