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Chapter 8 Test: Colonizing America

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  • Chose gauchos as his troops
    Jose de San Martin
  • Faithful general under Bolivar
    Antonio Jose de Sucre
  • Liberated Venezuela & Colombia
    Simon Bolivar
  • True or False?: Indigo was a cash crop that produced a “red” dye.
    False
  • Children of Indian and Spanish parents
    Mestizos
  • Which European Country had the most colonists in North America by the mid-1700s?
    England
  • Father of New France
    Samuel de Champlain
  • Large country estates
    Haciendas
  • Which of the following is not a cash crop? A. corn B. tobacco C. indigo
    Corn
  • True or False?: Bartolome de Las Casas was influential in the passing of the New Laws of 1542.
    True
  • Cowboys in Argentina
    Gauchos
  • Which country is not considered to be part of the Old World? A. England B. France C. Brazil D. Spain
    Brazil
  • Poor neighborhoods in colonial cities
    Barrios
  • Where did the Pilgrims settle? A. Jamestown B. Plymouth C. Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Plymouth
  • The United States was settled primarily by people from what country?
    England
  • True or False?: Both Portuguese and Spanish developed out of the Latin language.
    True
  • Where did the Puritans settle? A. Jamestown B. Plymouth C. Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Massachusetts Bay Colony
  • Who was the Line of Demarcation was drawn and decided by?
    The Pope
  • What institution first spoke out against the unjust treatment of the native population
    The Roman Catholic Church
  • True or False?: The Treaty of Tordesillas benefited the Spanish.
    False
  • Helped turn Jamestown into a thriving colony
    John Smith
  • Full-blooded Spaniards or Portuguese born in America
    Creoles
  • First emperor of an independent Brazil
    Pedro I
  • Spaniards born in Spain and living in the colonies
    Peninsulares
  • Discovered the St. Lawrence River
    Jacques Cartier
  • Replaced weak governments with their own dictatorships
    Caudillos
  • Spanish rulers representing the king of Spain
    Viceroys
  • Twelve nobles of Brazil
    Donatarios