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Chapter 25 Review Questions

Chapter 25 Review Questions. From highest to lowest, the racial caste’s in Spain’s colonies were:. Creoles, mestizos, & natives Peninsulares, mestizos, & creoles Peninsulares, creoles, slaves, & mestizos Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, natives, & slaves.

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Chapter 25 Review Questions

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  1. Chapter 25 Review Questions

  2. From highest to lowest, the racial caste’s in Spain’s colonies were: • Creoles, mestizos, & natives • Peninsulares, mestizos, & creoles • Peninsulares, creoles, slaves, & mestizos • Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, natives, & slaves

  3. How did Spain organize its New World colonies? • They were ruled by military governors • Into viceroyalties governed by viceroys who answered to the Crown • Each colony chose its own governor • Into a single vast dependency known as New Spain

  4. How did Spain organize its New World colonies? • They were ruled by military governors • Into viceroyalties governed by viceroys who answered to the Crown • Each colony chose its own governor • Into a single vast dependency known as New Spain

  5. Who were the “coureurs de bois?” • Couriers who delivered messages in New France • Poets who romanticized France’s colonies • Woodsmen whose fur trapping was a major activity in New France • Shipbuilders whose skills improved France’s merchant fleet

  6. What role did Jesuit missionaries play in the American colonies? • They founded institutions of higher learning • They trained native troops for Spain • They extended Spain’s missions into California • They pioneered contacts with the most remote and dangerous native tribes

  7. What made the Atlantic-based “Triangle Trade” so profitable? • Improved sailing technology shortened the time required to cross the Atlantic • Merchants sold different products on each leg of the trip, increasing profit • The demand for slaves was replaced by the demand for rum • British control of the Atlantic

  8. Which of the following was most lethal for native Americans during early encounters with Europeans? • Firearms • Mounted troops • Smallpox • Steel swords

  9. Which European nation controlled the greatest amount of American territory? • Spain • Portugal • France • Britain

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