Question 1

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The colonial legacy left a unified and rapidly-developing region. 
B)  Colonialism permanently crippled Latin America and the Caribbean. 
C)  The legacy of colonialism continues to play a significant role in contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. 
D)  Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be classified as colonial societies today. 
A)  The colonial legacy left a unified and rapidly-developing region. 
B)  Colonialism permanently crippled Latin America and the Caribbean. 
C)  The legacy of colonialism continues to play a significant role in contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. 
D)  Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be classified as colonial societies today.

Question 2

The monotheistic worldview of the Inca and Aztec provided them with aaggressive worldview.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Approximately what percentage of indigenous peoples perished during thConquest, according to most experts?

Accepted Answer

A)  100% 
B)  90% 
C)  75% 
D)  60% 
A)  100% 
B)  90% 
C)  75% 
D)  60%

Question 4

Which of the following was not a European disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  measles 
B)  smallpox 
C)  malaria 
D)  typhus 
A)  measles 
B)  smallpox 
C)  malaria 
D)  typhus

Question 5

The Garifuna are a contemporary maroon society in Nicaragua.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Enduring political and economic inequalities were the primary causes of thMexican Revolution of 1910.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

All of the following are important colonial legacies in Latin American anCaribbean societies except:

Accepted Answer

A)  enclave economies 
B)  political inequality 
C)  syncretic cultures 
D)  racial homogeneity 
A)  enclave economies 
B)  political inequality 
C)  syncretic cultures 
D)  racial homogeneity

Question 8

Which of the following statements about haciendas is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most scholars do not agree that classic-type haciendas existed in Latin America. 
B)  They reached their zenith prior to colonial independence. 
C)  They emerged directly from the institution of encomiendas. 
D)  Scholars disagree on the factors that led to their initial establishment. 
A)  Most scholars do not agree that classic-type haciendas existed in Latin America. 
B)  They reached their zenith prior to colonial independence. 
C)  They emerged directly from the institution of encomiendas. 
D)  Scholars disagree on the factors that led to their initial establishment.

Question 9

Historical processes of ethnic formation are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnic resistance 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  ethnogenesis 
D)  ethnohistory 
A)  ethnic resistance 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  ethnogenesis 
D)  ethnohistory

Question 10

Not one single European colonial power managed to establish either a political oeconomic monopoly over the Caribbean islands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

African slaves were not the primary source of labor for mines in Mexico anBolivia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Most indigenous societies in southern Chile and Argentina mounted such effectivresistance to European advances that they were not conquered until the 19th century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following were contemporary rivals in the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain, Portugal, England, Denmark 
B)  Holland, Spain, England, France 
C)  France, Germany, Portugal, Spain 
D)  Italy, France, Portugal, Spain 
A)  Spain, Portugal, England, Denmark 
B)  Holland, Spain, England, France 
C)  France, Germany, Portugal, Spain 
D)  Italy, France, Portugal, Spain

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

The monotheistic worldview of the Inca and Aztec provided them with aaggressive worldview.

Approximately what percentage of indigenous peoples perished during thConquest, according to most experts?

Which of the following was not a European disease?

The Garifuna are a contemporary maroon society in Nicaragua.

Enduring political and economic inequalities were the primary causes of thMexican Revolution of 1910.

All of the following are important colonial legacies in Latin American anCaribbean societies except:

Which of the following statements about haciendas is most accurate?

Historical processes of ethnic formation are called:

Not one single European colonial power managed to establish either a political oeconomic monopoly over the Caribbean islands.

African slaves were not the primary source of labor for mines in Mexico anBolivia.

Most indigenous societies in southern Chile and Argentina mounted such effectivresistance to European advances that they were not conquered until the 19^th century.

Which of the following were contemporary rivals in the New World?

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Exam 4: Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

The monotheistic worldview of the Inca and Aztec provided them with aaggressive worldview.

Approximately what percentage of indigenous peoples perished during thConquest, according to most experts?

Which of the following was not a European disease?

The Garifuna are a contemporary maroon society in Nicaragua.

Enduring political and economic inequalities were the primary causes of thMexican Revolution of 1910.

All of the following are important colonial legacies in Latin American anCaribbean societies except:

Which of the following statements about haciendas is most accurate?

Historical processes of ethnic formation are called:

Not one single European colonial power managed to establish either a political oeconomic monopoly over the Caribbean islands.

African slaves were not the primary source of labor for mines in Mexico anBolivia.

Most indigenous societies in southern Chile and Argentina mounted such effectivresistance to European advances that they were not conquered until the 19th century.

Which of the following were contemporary rivals in the New World?

Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Introducing Latin America and the Caribbean

Society and Culture Before the Europeans

Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity

Cultural Constructions of Gender and Sexuality

Religion and Everyday Life

Striving for Health and Coping with Illness

Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Expression

Perspectives in Globalization

Manifestations of Popular Culture

Violence, Memory, and Striving for a Just World

Filters

Most indigenous societies in southern Chile and Argentina mounted such effectivresistance to European advances that they were not conquered until the 19^th century.