Lesson 2
2 Expansion of empire Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 9
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What was the name of the Spanish official who governed a major region for the king?
- Notary
- Alcalde
- Viceroy
- Corregidor
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What were encomiendas in the Spanish American empire?
- Military outposts
- Religious parishes
- Trading licences
- Labour and tribute grants
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Which Dominican friar famously campaigned for Indigenous rights in Spanish America?
- Francisco Jimenez
- Juan de Zumarraga
- Bernardino de Sahagun
- Bartolome de las Casas
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In what year were the New Laws introduced?
- 1528
- 1556
- 1548
- 1542
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Which Bolivian mine produced large amounts of silver from the mid-1540s?
- Taxco
- Potosi
- Zacatecas
- Guanajuato
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Which city was founded in Bolivia in 1548 as a Spanish settlement?
- Cordoba
- La Paz
- Quito
- Lima
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Which major Mexican silver region was developed in the 1540s?
- Lima
- Zacatecas
- Potosi
- Ouro Preto
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What was the Spanish-controlled silver convoy called?
- Slave fleet
- Treasure fleet
- Trade caravel
- Spice armada
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What was the typical result of harsh labour demands on encomienda workers?
- Better housing conditions
- Rapid wage growth
- Population decline
- Increased crop yields
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What did the New Laws aim to restrict regarding encomiendas?
- Paying royal taxes
- Trading with Asia
- Passing to heirs
- Mining silver ore
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How did colonial silver income mainly benefit the Spanish crown?
- Abolishing domestic taxes
- Lowering food prices
- Building public schools
- Funding European wars
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Why did the Spanish crown support new settlements near mines like La Paz?
- Establishing naval bases
- Expanding cattle ranches
- Supplying mining operations
- Creating holiday resorts
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Why did the Spanish crown appoint viceroys to rule its American colonies?
- Exercising royal control
- Avoiding tax collection
- Reducing military costs
- Promoting local democracy
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Silver from Potosi was carried to the coast for shipment. Which Pacific port handled much of it?
- Veracruz
- Cartagena
- Callao
- Havana
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Which group benefited most from the tribute generated by encomiendas?
- Catholic missionaries
- Indigenous village elders
- Spanish colonists
- Enslaved Africans
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What followed the major silver discoveries in Mexico and Peru?
- Growth of towns
- Industrial factories
- Forest regrowth
- Immediate depopulation
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Why did the New Laws cause conflict between the crown and colonists?
- Threatening settler wealth
- Banning all silver
- Raising church taxes
- Stopping all ships
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What major economic problem did the silver flood cause in Europe?
- Severe inflation
- Economic depression
- Deflation
- Currency collapse
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Whose rights did the arguments of Bartolome de las Casas defend?
- Indigenous peoples
- African merchants
- Crown officials
- Spanish colonists
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What was a primary cause for the decline of the encomienda system?
- French invasions
- Gold exhaustion
- Slave revolts
- Population decline
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