1 During her lifetime, Catalina de Erauso had been all the following EXCEPT a a.
soldier.

b.
nobleman's personal assistant.

c.
nun.

d.
settler.

e.
gambler.

2 When faced with pressure to convert to Catholicism, Amerindians relied on , mixing some of their traditions with those of Spanish missionaries.
a.
syncretism
b.
idol worship
c.
baptism
d.
cultism
e.
paganism

3 The Spanish established a strict hierarchal political and social system based on Spanish control; however, this system became more fluid when
a.
people moved toward the frontier.
b.
leaders of certain groups of people were allowed to rule their areas.
c.
rebellions weakened the Spanish hold on their colonies.
d.
Spanish laws gave limited rights to indigenous people.
e.
numbers of mixed blood peoples began to outnumber the Spanish.

4 The economic focal point for the English was
a.
North American colonies.
b.
searching for a Northwest Passage.
c.
investment in the slave trade.
d.
the search for valuable minerals.
e.
Caribbean sugar plantations.

5 Spanish men coming to the Americas typically brought their wives with them.
True

False

6 The gender ratio (number of men and women) in colonial New England was
a.
five men for every one woman.
b.
roughly equal.
c.
three men for every one woman.
d.
four men for every one woman.
e.
two men for every one woman.

7 New England's social environment was homogeneous because
a.
the population contained equal numbers of men and women.
b.
farm communities shared resources.
c.
entire families immigrated to New England.
d.
farms were family-tended.
e.
Amerindians were assimilated into the European settlement.

8 Palmares was a community of
a.
Amerindian groups.
b.
runaway slaves.
c.
American-born Portuguese.
d.
Amerindian-Portuguese groups.
e.
a mixture of runaway slaves and Amerindian groups.