Question 1

IDENTIFICATION
-Cortés

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortés (1485–1547) was a Spanish

Question 2

IDENTIFICATION
-decadencia

Accepted Answer

The term "decadencia" is a Spanish word

Question 3

IDENTIFICATION
-Roderic

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

Which one of the following was not an accomplishment of the Catholic Sovereigns?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protectionist measures for the promotion of Castilian industry. 
B)  Royal assumption of control over the military. 
C)  A major land reform in Castile. 
D)  The ending of serfdom in Catalonia. 
A)  Protectionist measures for the promotion of Castilian industry. 
B)  Royal assumption of control over the military. 
C)  A major land reform in Castile. 
D)  The ending of serfdom in Catalonia.

Question 5

The picaresque novel dealt with the

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A)  adventures of heroic knights in a fantastic world inhabited by giants and wizards. 
B)  problems of the new middle class. 
C)  love affairs and intrigues of the nobility. 
D)  seamy side of a world inhabited by rogues and vagabonds. 
A)  adventures of heroic knights in a fantastic world inhabited by giants and wizards. 
B)  problems of the new middle class. 
C)  love affairs and intrigues of the nobility. 
D)  seamy side of a world inhabited by rogues and vagabonds.

Question 6

Hermandades were

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A)  social organizations that provided sisterly solidarity to Castilian women. 
B)  military associations created by Castilian towns to defend their municipal autonomy. 
C)  religious brotherhoods created to unite Christians against Muslims. 
D)  charters that endowed Castilian towns with administrative autonomy over municipal lands. 
A)  social organizations that provided sisterly solidarity to Castilian women. 
B)  military associations created by Castilian towns to defend their municipal autonomy. 
C)  religious brotherhoods created to unite Christians against Muslims. 
D)  charters that endowed Castilian towns with administrative autonomy over municipal lands.

Question 7

Conversos were

Accepted Answer

A)  Christians, Jews, and Muslims who were close and neighborly. 
B)  Christians who converted to Islam to avoid persecution. 
C)  Muslims who converted to Judaism to avoid persecution. 
D)  Jews who converted to Christianity to avoid persecution. 
A)  Christians, Jews, and Muslims who were close and neighborly. 
B)  Christians who converted to Islam to avoid persecution. 
C)  Muslims who converted to Judaism to avoid persecution. 
D)  Jews who converted to Christianity to avoid persecution.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATION
-Diego Velázquez

Accepted Answer

Diego Velázquez, whose full name is Dieg

Question 9

IDENTIFICATION
-conversos

Accepted Answer

Conversos, also known as "New Christians

Question 10

In the 15th century, the power of the Castilian Cortés or Parliament declined because

Accepted Answer

A)  it became increasingly less democratic and more prone to oligarchical control. 
B)  increased revenues from royal taxes reduced the Crown's dependence on it. 
C)  declining revenues made it largely irrelevant. 
D)  growing disorders within the towns provided an opportunity to the Crown to intervene. 
A)  it became increasingly less democratic and more prone to oligarchical control. 
B)  increased revenues from royal taxes reduced the Crown's dependence on it. 
C)  declining revenues made it largely irrelevant. 
D)  growing disorders within the towns provided an opportunity to the Crown to intervene.

Question 11

In her work of reforming the church, Isabella had a valuable ally in

Accepted Answer

A)  the Papacy. 
B)  the secular clergy. 
C)  converso members of the clergy. 
D)  a faction of the regular clergy called Observants. 
A)  the Papacy. 
B)  the secular clergy. 
C)  converso members of the clergy. 
D)  a faction of the regular clergy called Observants.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATION
-Francisco de Quevedo

Accepted Answer

Francisco de Quevedo was a Spanish noble

Question 13

IDENTIFICATION
-fueros

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

The revolt of the Comuneros began as a

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A)  protest against converso influence in the court of Charles V. 
B)  revolt of peasants and artisans against the great landowners of Castile. 
C)  protest against Flemish influence in the royal court and heavy new taxes. 
D)  protest against the efforts of Charles V to abolish the Cortes. 
A)  protest against converso influence in the court of Charles V. 
B)  revolt of peasants and artisans against the great landowners of Castile. 
C)  protest against Flemish influence in the royal court and heavy new taxes. 
D)  protest against the efforts of Charles V to abolish the Cortes.

IDENTIFICATION -Cortés

IDENTIFICATION -decadencia

IDENTIFICATION -Roderic

Which one of the following was not an accomplishment of the Catholic Sovereigns?

The picaresque novel dealt with the

Hermandades were

Conversos were

IDENTIFICATION -Diego Velázquez

IDENTIFICATION -conversos

In the 15^th century, the power of the Castilian Cortés or Parliament declined because

In her work of reforming the church, Isabella had a valuable ally in

IDENTIFICATION -Francisco de Quevedo

IDENTIFICATION -fueros

The revolt of the Comuneros began as a

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IDENTIFICATION -Cortés

IDENTIFICATION -decadencia

IDENTIFICATION -Roderic

Which one of the following was not an accomplishment of the Catholic Sovereigns?

The picaresque novel dealt with the

Hermandades were

Conversos were

IDENTIFICATION -Diego Velázquez

IDENTIFICATION -conversos

In the 15th century, the power of the Castilian Cortés or Parliament declined because

In her work of reforming the church, Isabella had a valuable ally in

IDENTIFICATION -Francisco de Quevedo

IDENTIFICATION -fueros

The revolt of the Comuneros began as a

Ancient America

The Conquest of America

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State, Church, and Society

Colonial Brazil

The Bourbon Reforms and Spanish America

The Independence of Latin America

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

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The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

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In the 15^th century, the power of the Castilian Cortés or Parliament declined because